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The Aspergians will take over!

While we know we have a clever child we have never told him as such. Yes, it sounds odd but it's not, really. He knows he has Asperger's, he knows all about the Autism Spectrum, Tourette's, ADHD, OCD, etc, but he doe…
Ambiguous Neurodiversity

Please welcome my college friend, Dave, who has written this guest post. Dave is an accomplished musician and tech-savvy guy (and hey all you Boston-area ladies: he’s single!) who is struggling with his sel…
An Asperger Adult Mom With An Autistic Child

My latest interview is with Carol Greenburg. She has the unique perspective of both an indiviual with autism and a mother of an autistic child. Here are the questions and answers from the interview. I enjoyed getting…
29 MICE AND AN ASPIE

The proverb “The best laid plans of mice and men” had been going through my mind all morning today. It was driving me nuts because I couldn’t remember the last part of it or even if there was a last p…
PURGE the *** from Aspergers

The first syllable of Asperger is pronounced ASS. And that's how Aspies all too often come across to others. We stare at people (or never make eye contact at all), use our "outside voices" inside and even yell inapprop…
My Dyscalculia Discovery

I had never heard of dyscalculia until two days ago at a reading center for dyslexia that my boys are attending and it was a word that would give me the answer to a lifelong problem, and change the way I look at myself…
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…
Alice Through the Looking Glass: The World and Your Aspie

The other day hubby and I were having a conversation with collegeman. The topic of the conversation is not what is important but what is important is the fact that he did not understand the idioms used in the conversa…
Apathy and Asperger's

I have been struggling with the stereotype that all people on the spectrum are emotionless or incapable to expressing emotion. I have to admit that I am often selfish and unaware of many things that go on around me. I…
The End and a New Beginning: Aspies and Peer Rejection

We have had a problem lately with Highschoolboy’s best friend. I don’t think he wants to be friends anymore and doesn’t have the ability to tell HSB. He has really lame excuses for not coming to the phone when HSB ca…