Coming Home: Where Do I Grow From Here?
We must be the change we wish to see in this world. ~ Gandhi. I am not a puzzle. I am a person. Autism is not my weakness, it is my greatest strength. The weakness lies within those who wish to erase...
View ArticleI Say Aspergers, You Say Fuck You
Recently, I attempted to communicate to a fellow autism parent and advocate that I was having a difficult time concerning the way she was addressing me personally within a group dynamic. There had been...
View ArticleAutistic Shibboleth: The Secret Handshake of the Adult Aspergian
[UPDATED 8-12-13, @ 09:58am] Definition of shibboleth (n)* shib·bo·leth [ shíbbə lèth ] catchword or slogan: a word or phrase frequently used, or a belief strongly held, by members of a group that is...
View ArticleI Will Even STARE. How’s THAT?
So many times, especially as parents to autistic children, we hear the words “eye contact” in a way that suggests they were written on the tablets brought down by Moses himself. Looking people in the...
View Article2013: A Year in Review. A.K.A. “Get Your Head Out of Your Ass, It Was a Great...
While most of us were still hungover and tripping on the credit card receipts we racked up paying for a holiday we couldn’t really afford, media outlets around the world were already selling us the...
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