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Girls with Asperger's

Are there behaviors that are seen in girls with Aspergers, but not in boys, that we haven’t yet identified as part of the profile… or certain gender-related behavio…
Judging a Book by its Cover

People look at Aspie teen and judge him by A)his age and B)his height. Aspie teen is tall for age so he's immediately judged to be older than he actually is. Strike one.
Autism, It's in the Genes

At least according to a new study that was published in the June 10 issue of Nature. U.S. News & World Report also reported the findings, which could serve as the next step in finding an indisputable cause for…
TV Series - Parenthood

I wrote about the show Parenthood, when it first came on. Now, several shows into this new series, and I am still watching it. Adam (Peter Krause, "Six Feet Under"), the oldest Braverman sibling, and his wife Kristin…
Reshaped by Autism

Martin is acting like a candidate for small-town mayor. Yesterday, we took a walk and he decided we needed to visit people. We stopped at one couple's house. They were home and invited us in for awhile. We contin…
Going to the Beach

My grandmother was the one who would bring me to The Beach when I was a kid. Going to the beach with my grandmother meant leaving first thing in the morning, driving an hour to Jones Beach, dragging towels and a beach…
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…
Her Name is Susie

Hi. My name is Susie and I'm NOT autistic. But my younger brother is. His name was Davey, age 5, when he used to live "at home". Now he's 50 and named David and lives "in a home". In our family photo album there are…
On-a-man-a-pee-ya
I don't like the term "Autism Spectrum Disorder"

I’m going to make a statement now that might surprise some of you who read my blog: I do not agree with the decision to combine Asperger’s, Autism, and PDD-NOS into one diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder…