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His Biggest Battle
Two and a half years ago, when I left for college, Carl and I were the same height and weight, down to a quarter of an inch and half a pound. We were both moderately overweight, in the 70th percentile. Now, there woul… -
An Anniversary with Tourette's
Tourette’s Syndrome is a fascinating disorder. I realized my first anniversary of having the full-blown disorder was this month, and it is worth commemorating in some way. So I thought I’d try (again, and… -
Autism and Intelligence: The Facts
WordPress has a nifty feature which tracks the search terms people use which lead them to this blog. One of the most common queries is some variation on, “Can autistic people be smart?” or from another a… -
The Problematic Term of ASD - Continued...
The other day, I offered some thoughts on the planned use of “ASD” to replace the separate diagnoses of Autistic Disorder (AD), Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), and PDD-NOS from a personal perspective. To… -
The Problematic Term of ASD
Now that I’ve given the reasons why the current, “we can’t distinguish Autistic Disorder and Asperger’s Syndrome empirically, so instead we’ll just lump all autistics together into one… -
No Supervision required!
Three times a week, Lawrence, Josh, their father, I and Josh’s new TSS (who I really enjoy and will write a post on later), swim at the local hotel’s pool. The pool room is perfect for the boys, with both… -
A Sensory Break
Noise Sensitivity: A Success Story I’ve seen many variations on this post written by parents, but I thought I’d offer my perspective on it as well. Last night, my mom and I went out for a “quiet dinn… -
Ebbs and Flows
They say that in autistic individuals, learning seems to ebb and flow; there will be weeks where a great deal of progress is made and weeks where there is barely any progress and sometimes regression. November an… -
"The Dating Guide for Teenagers with Asperger Syndrome" : Book Review
Title: The Guide to Dating for Teenagers with Asperger Syndrome Author: Jeannie Uhlenkamp Cover: A bit conspicuous (but then again I might not have picked up the book at all if it wasn’t), and a little chil…

