Nichelle (Nikki) Hegstrom
Jammy & Complex
I’ve worked in web development & technology for 20+ years; with experience in IT help desk, technical training, and primarily web development, management, and coding.
I’m a “late-DX” autistic+ADHDer with misophonia, and synesthesia. (My synesthesia tends to revolve around sound, though I have some fun things going on with color.)
I’ve always had a thing for huge sunglasses, photography, flâneur-ing, lots of color, and learning languages. My latest obsessions include Swedish (Jag är mig svenska!), graphic design, painting all the rooms in my house green, and Swedish sitcoms. I curse a lot, and I’d really love to get some sleep.
Above all, I’m a catagoraphobe who hates pigeonholes, and I will run the other way if you try to tell me who I am.
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15 Mar
ADHD, Autism, and NeurodiversityWriting
Nikki
today on Instagram…
It’s true, I do have a pathological need for fairness. But in all seriousness, I laughed when I saw this. You’d think these would be, inarguably, positive traits, no? Y
11 Mar
ADHD, Autism, and NeurodiversityWriting
Nikki
but you don’t think I ‘look autistic,’ right?
Though I’ve talked about this a lot in other places, I haven’t talked much about it yet in a more “public” way—meaning openly identifying myself with my f
8 Mar
ADHD, Autism, and NeurodiversityWriting
Nikki
how does that make you feel?
I’ve been seeing various types of therapists off and on since I was about 16 years old, as a “failed” “gifted” kid; so from that point onward (longer,
20 Feb
Design
Nikki
50 is nifty
My husband turned fifty this past week, so I created this silver fox portrait. Since diving in to learn more about Illustrator, I’ve come to love it and prefer using it much
28 Jan
ArtsyWriting
Nikki
Artsy Fartsy
When I was a kid, I was always drawing or writing. I even begged my mom to take me to school extra early once a week so that I could take an extracurricular art class around 3rd gr
24 Apr
livingWriting
Nikki
Oura Ring: A Roundabout ‘Review’ of Sorts from a Very Atypical Person, Wrapped in a Bunch of Tangents
Hey there! I am still working on the “tips for partners of people with autism” bit (I know, it’s been a while… did you expect anything less? Sidenote: I fou
11 Jul
Writing
Nikki
Wenn der Hund wacht, mag der Hirte schlafen.
When the dog is awake, the shepherd may sleep. Wow, a lot has happened in the past few months, huh? * Looks around nervously * Yeah. I have a huge list of drafted posts, but it mos
28 Apr
Life in Quarantine 2020listening / reading / watchingWriting
Nikki
Livin’ La Vida Loca: The Small Screen de Cuarantena
I think I finally convinced Husband to do away with cable television. 99.999 percent of what we’ve watched in the last…oh, what, six or seven years?… has been str
19 Apr
Life in Quarantine 2020memoir/creative nonfictionWriting
Nikki
ER Visits in the Time of Corona
This is not about a trip to the ER, but it could have been! I’ve been raging against all those “if you don’t come out of quarantine without having cured cancer /
Jammy & Complex
Before COVID, I used to travel.
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Je suis une flâneuse.
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