The Empathy of Autism, part I
Navigating Depression with my autistic son, and how people with Autism showed us deep compassion and empathy.
The Tiny Rowboat
Coexisting with my neurological roommate, autism.
While traveling with friends this past week, I got to visit a lakeside park in Toronto. We walked down a gravel path and onto a small beach that was nestled into […]
Inside a Meltdown with Autism.
I had a meltdown today. This is what it is like for me.
We often put autism on parade through television and social media, as we portray the meltdown as uncontrollable violent outbursts that endanger everyone around them. […]
A college bound teen, a pirate, & a Toronto sunset.
How a road trip with a friend softened the emotional confusion of autism.
It is not often one gets to travel to a foreign country with a local guide. Locals can pull you […]
38 Rules of Social Engagement
It is considered polite to offer people a snack when they are a guest at your house. If they accept, you must also provide drinks and napkins, otherwise you will have to keep getting up to get them things.
Repair, Realign, Restructure – The Three R’s of Special Needs Education
I just finished reading a remarkable post by the author John Elder Robison, Early Intervention or Not. How Do We Decide? . I had an opportunity to […]
The Perfect Life
Often I have been asked, by conference attendees who come to hear me speak, what I want out of life. People are curious if my future includes people, independence, and decadence, or a scary isolated existence. […]
Holiday Donating in a Way that REALLY Helps
Many of you know that I favor donating to small, local organizations that do hands on good with their funds. Though I do not have an exhaustive […]
The Developmental Corset of Therapy, and How to Break It
I recently read a wonderful post on BBC Ouch, by a guest blogger named Mark Neary. In his blog, he wrote about how clinical jargon is used in his autistic […]
The Autism Industry and the Glare of the Blue Light
The Background, and My Own Struggle
I read an article in USA Today last May that touched me very deeply. AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner reported that 1 in 3 Autistic young adults “…have no paid job experience, […]