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Asperger's and Friendship.

Prompted by the season and a book I was reading I have been considering what friendship means. During my assessment I was asked if I had friends, I said yes, after all I am in a quiz team. It was only when I was aske…
All Schools Have Asperger's

While recent findings indicate that the prevalence of autism is now up to 1 in 91, I personally think its much, much higher. In particular, it seems to have infiltrated one of our nation's oldest institutions, the publ…
No Loss For Words

There was a time in Nathan's life where he did not talk. Well...he talked very little. He knew a few words. "NO!" was his favorite which was followed by 30 minutes of crying.He had speech delay, which we knew, but I wan…
A Comedian with Aspergers: A Possibility?

It's funny the things I can imagine when watching a stand-up comedy special.British comedian Ricky Gervais was mentioning in his comedy act that he was doing charity work once and decided he wants to take out an autits…
Living With Aspergers: What Is It Like, and How Can You Better Interact With Me?

For those of you who are new to my subscription and/or friends lists, you may or may not know this about me by interacting with me elsewhere on Xanga, however I do have a little something called Asperger Syndrome. For…
How Asperger's helped me to Succeed

If you have read my blog at all then you are probably painfully aware that there is no rhyme or reason to the topics I post on from day to day. I write about whatever comes to my mind that day, and if nothing comes to…
The Road Less Traveled: A Parental Journey

Now that you have that diagnosis, what do you do? You have heard the words autism spectrum disorder. You may have even been given the diagnosis pervasive development disorder or asperger’s syndrome. You have known for…
Mechanical Bull Pens

I walked into the middle of this conversation last night, I don't know what started it, but here is where I come in: Faith: What kinda store do you buy a mechanical bull from? Me: I'd probably look for one on the In…
Disabled Children: Why are the numbers rising?

Thoughts from a parent of an asperger child: Even before my son was diagnosed with asperger sydrome 11 years ago, my colleagues and I had been discussing the rising numbers of disabled children we were seeing. As teach…
You don't show me sympathy!

How many times has that accusation been hurdled at me? Millions. How many times has it hurt my feelings? Once. Today, as a matter of fact. Thomas and I were watching a Clean House episode where an adopted daughter felt…