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How Much Accomodation Must Be Made?
Should we change, or should others change for us? Should workplaces change for us? We (by we, I mean anyone) must be able to present ourselves in such a way that the people we engage think we are nice/interesting/… -
Follow-up to my interview with Steve Silberman
A couple of weeks ago my friend Steve Silberman posted an excellent interview of me which attracted some deserved criticism with respect to my responses. I would like to address some of the points of that interview he… -
Savants, math problems, and exceptional vs. ordinary
How do you solve math problems in your head? Perhaps a better question is, do you solve math problems in your head? With the availability of electronic devices to do it for us, I would not be surprised to learn that man… -
What's the difference between Asperger's, Autism and PDD-NOS?
Yesterday I listened to a very interesting talk by Catherine Lord, one of the creators of the ADOS test. ADOS is the “gold standard” in the world of autism diagnosis, and she's a leading figure in the wor… -
Highlight's from IMFAR 2011
Submission date: 5/16/11 Original title: Sound bites – Autism tidbits from IMFAR 201 There is a lot of talk about the need for therapies for adults with autism. A review of emerging adolescent therapies su… -
Dr. Liz Laugeson on Making Friends with ASD
I’ve just come from a morning at the Parents/Families/Community conference that’s associated with the big IMFAR autism science meeting. The conference moves around every year (some of the scientists have… -
Fear in Autism
My friend and fellow autistic author Temple Grandin said something at last week's autism conference that really got me thinking. She said, The principal emotion experienced by autistic people is fear. Temple went… -
Recording the audio version of "Be Different"
Have you ever considered making an audio book? This is me, narrating the audio version of Be Different at Armadillo Audio in Amherst, MA. January, 2011 The dream of writing a book is very common. In today’s wo… -
"Be Different" - Pull Quotes
One of the stylistic things that separates Be Different from Look Me in the Eye is the use of what’s called pull quotes. Pull quotes are passages the editors deemed significant. They copied the quotes in lit… -
Who Should Speak for the Autism Community?
In a recent article on About.Com, Lisa Jo Rudy asks who, if anyone, should speak for the autism community. That raises the question . . . speak to whom? And for what goal? Throughout history, when we read of &ldqu…
About jerobison
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- About Me: I'm John Elder Robison, bestselling author, autism advocate, and founder and owner of J E Robison Service Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. I'm the author of Look Me in the Eye (Crown, 2007) which has been published in over 20 editions and is sold in 50 countries worldwide. I am an author, advocate and speaker, a machine aficionado, a photographer, car enthusiast, and small business owner. I have two blogs. The jerobison blog is about Asperger's, writing, and life in general. The Robisonservice blog is about cars, and being a machine aficianado Finally, my blog on Psychology Today talks about life with Asperger's
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