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Autism and Fitting In

For families with disabilities of all sorts, fitting into the local social dynamics can be quite a challenge. When your condition makes social skills hard, it's even worse. Not only do you get the judging eye of socie…
I'm First...Or Last?

While at the store yesterday, I got the last four boxes of Chicken Carbonara for Emily. I'm not sure why I got a special kind of satisfaction, but I did. It's as if the shelf is now absolutely clean - and thus perfect.…
Make Back-to-School Easier

As a parent I’ve read many articles floating about the net, all written with the aim of assisting parents who have children returning to school this September. I find that many do not offer any information to as…
The Birds and The Bees... and ASD

A year or so ago, I read a thread on an Autism Sprectrum Disorder (ASD) forum lamenting the lack of hard data concerning sexuality and gender in Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Then, I heard Dr. Tony Attwood talk at a confer…
Maintaning Control: Beans, Exercise, and Thinking Aspergers.

I can't yet put into words how honestly messed up things have been lately. My ability to maintain control is the only thing that hasn't set me off the deep end yet. But I have been able to see the good in the storm, don…
Wired Differently

I have gotten to a place in my life where I'm FINALLY figuring out that I'm wired differently. I mean, I always knew I was unusual, and I couldn't really discern why. I thought it was my upbringing, my unholy passion…
Don't Stop Believing

I write this early on a Sunday morning. Nathan is here with me. It's the end of vacation. It was a blur of working, kids, having fun, lots of Uno playing, rule reminding, etc. I've been going back and forth between…
Inside the Mind of A Teen With Autism

After reading some pretty awful comments on a blog featured on Autisable, I just feel the need to share this amazing story I came across online a month or so ago. Carly Fleishmann. You may not remember her name after…
Dear Anti Vaccine Campaigners,

We all have the right to life! As I sat reading through some old post on the blog (as you do) I was drawn to a post I had published in March this year, “With the rise in Measles it’s decision time”…
Would you put the word Aspergers down on your job application?

The power of the internet is truly amazing, for me it’s brought information, peace, opportunities, comfort, experiences, support, education, understanding and friends. (Those and so many more!) Yesterday, I got…