Last day of holiday sale for paid subscriptions to Songs for the Unadapted Ones! 1/2 price only $25/annual or $2.50/month. Help support my researched writing about very late diagnosed autism, long COVID and living in an Unadapted bodymind...as so many of us do in this era of hypercapitalism.

Snow day!

For all of you wondering about Bari Weiss at CBS, watch the film Network (1976). Now basically a documentary.

Happy Solstice Eve to those who celebrate. I wish us deep rest and a welcome and necessary sense of renewal to follow the return of the sun (in the Northern Hemisphere). It's been a rough year. Let's hope 2026 can bring us much needed respite. I wish you all whatever you celebrate a season of light.

Delta at Laguardia good for disability assistance. Ask in advance. and tip well. I'm flying economy but being treated very well. I'm I also wear sunflower lanyard which signals invisible disabilities. For me that's autism and long COVID.

Very much looking forward to reading this!

So excited this Bloomsbury anthology now on preorder! It includes my essay "Theory of whose mind? A very late-diagnosed autistic writer claps back" excerpted from my memoir in progress. Never been so happy to be a member of a group before. Editors did brilliant job. share.google/fV1NLCMbx7M8...

For anyone who is disabled in any way (for me it's a combo of Long COVID and very late diagnosed autistic burnout) I hope you will read this. The concept of crip time is truly radical and offers a new way to consider how to accept and embrace our unique bodyminds: open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

“imagine a disabled future where it’s possible to allow our disabled bodyminds to exist as they are without reference to an idealized past or “cured” future.” 🌈🌈 From surviving to living…. With a dynamic disability.

For anyone who is disabled in any way (for me it's a combo of Long COVID and very late diagnosed autistic burnout) I hope you will read this. The concept of crip time is truly radical and offers a new way to consider how to accept and embrace our unique bodyminds: open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

So excited this Bloomsbury anthology now on preorder! It includes my essay "Theory of whose mind? A very late-diagnosed autistic writer claps back" excerpted from my memoir in progress. Never been so happy to be a member of a group before. Editors did brilliant job. share.google/fV1NLCMbx7M8...

I feel seen.

In celebration of being #18 rising in literature on Substack am extending holiday 1/2 off sale through today. Your support means the world. Songs for the Unadapted Ones is written by a very late diagnosed autistic writer for all unadapted bodyminds of all flavors. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

Songs for The Unadapted Ones is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Half price off sale ends tonight! julialeebarclaymorton.substack.com/3cc20b78

"There's room on the top they are telling you still/But first you must learn how to smile as you kill/If you want to be like the folks on the hill." RIP John Lennon 12/8/80

Songs for the Unadapted Ones is #52 on Substack for Literature, kind of blown away & super grateful my writing for unadapted bodyminds is resonating. In celebration offering 1/2 off paid subscriptions thru 12/9 ($25/yr or 2.50/mo)! Link for special offer: julialeebarclaymorton.substack.com/3cc20b78

this sale on through 12/9! check out Songs for the Unadapted Ones - if you like what you see consider supporting my writing on unadapted bodyminds, life as a very late diagnosed autistic writer unearthing autistic syntax, living with long COVID and how these relate to historical and economic forces

So why didn't Pantone just pick Supreme White?

this sale on through 12/9! check out Songs for the Unadapted Ones - if you like what you see consider supporting my writing on unadapted bodyminds, life as a very late diagnosed autistic writer unearthing autistic syntax, living with long COVID and how these relate to historical and economic forces

This sale is on through 12/9...paid subscribers get access to private silent writing space and support the writing both. Once enough subscribers also a yoga class...

Songs for the Unadapted Ones is #52 on Substack for Literature, kind of blown away & super grateful my writing for unadapted bodyminds is resonating. In celebration offering 1/2 off paid subscriptions thru 12/9 ($25/yr or 2.50/mo)! Link for special offer: julialeebarclaymorton.substack.com/3cc20b78

My mother is dying and November is still beautiful. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

My mother is dying and November is still beautiful. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

I'm supposed to be promoting the fuck out of myself right now - offering deals on services and substack etc but instead I'm in Maine & it's Thanksgiving & I'm watching my mother die in slow motion. Maybe in months, maybe a year but with a DNR, so I'm here unable & unwilling to do capitalism. Sue me.

Mamdani has made an Art of the charm offensive. He's now a DT whisperer.. Dude has game. As a New Yorker, I could not be more proud.

Some happy news! Am "Rising in Literature" over on Substack...come join me as I write Songs for the Unadapted! julialeebarclaymorton.substack.com

RIP Alice Wong. Your generosity offered me a fellowship and your insights and wisdom have guided so many of us to find Disability Visibility. May we continue to follow your example, but I am devastated by your loss. Flights of angels. May your memory be a revolution. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...

Yay Catholic Bishops! Not a statement I expect to make often but this is great. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

This is the most important Substack I have written so far, challenging the now fashionable idea of separating types of autistics and further challenging the tragedy narrative of what is now being referred to as “profound” autism-questioning why we value what we do. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

The only reason @schumer.senate.gov is voting no tonight on the total Senate cave is because @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won, and he knows he could not show his face in NYC if he caved.

This is the most important Substack I have written so far, challenging the now fashionable idea of separating types of autistics and further challenging the tragedy narrative of what is now being referred to as “profound” autism-questioning why we value what we do. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

For the many friends of mine experiencing loss now...I wrote this about such a period of time. Reposting it now in honor of the ground glass loneliness of your grief. Grief is a private island by Julia Lee Barclay-Morton – BURNING HOUSE PRESS share.google/h6T1y9wIBhbs...

Had the most extraordinary experience tonight of uniting my memoir in progress with speaking about liberating autistic syntax ending with exercises from my theater practice. I'm so filled with joy and having one of those rare and beautiful moments in life when you see All of your life come together.

An announcement about a free presentation on Liberating Autistic Syntax and also that I will send 20% of all new subscriber revenue to City Harvest until SNAP benefits are fully restored. I live on disability but am not hungry and no one should be. It's a disgrace. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

An announcement about a free presentation on Liberating Autistic Syntax and also that I will send 20% of all new subscriber revenue to City Harvest until SNAP benefits are fully restored. I live on disability but am not hungry and no one should be. It's a disgrace. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

for those of you from out of town, Mamdani's win was fueled by an army of over 90K volunteers who knocked on over 3 million doors in the Whole city. It sure wasn't money. It was passion. Most of those volunteers were GenZ. The kids are alright. 🧡💙

He won!!! Yeasss! Hope for NYC Congrats @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Go vote for Mamdani my NYC friends! Last chance to vote is today! We need this change to get our city back! It's so exciting to have someone to Vote For. Don't fall for the billionaire propaganda machine against him. The only thing we have to lose is our rent increases!

Go vote for Mamdani my NYC friends! Last chance to vote is today! We need this change to get our city back! It's so exciting to have someone to Vote For. Don't fall for the billionaire propaganda machine against him. The only thing we have to lose is our rent increases!

If this doesn't make you vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social I honestly don't know what will.

In relation to my latest post about a way I found healing outside the norm...what experiences have you had with healing that perhaps arrived unexpectedly or in a way no one prescribes? I think this may be a more common experience than we realize. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

Always happy to make the Substack Literature leaderboard! Would be delighted if you would check out Songs for the Unadapted Ones. Writing and tools for living from and for all the unadapted bodyminds out there from a very late diagnosed #autistic with #longcovid julialeebarclaymorton.substack.com

In relation to my latest post about a way I found healing outside the norm...what experiences have you had with healing that perhaps arrived unexpectedly or in a way no one prescribes? I think this may be a more common experience than we realize. open.substack.com/pub/julialee...