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It's The Little Things

From: Happy Aspies I got to eat lunch with the boys today at school. That is always so much fun. It was especially fun today because they were both having really great days. I was proud of Hammy because he walked into…
Not Enough Of Me To Go Around

From: happy aspies This is day three of school and it didn’t start well. Yesterday’s fire drill left an impression on Wolfie so strong that at 6:30 this morning he was still maintaining that he would not be going to s…
The Grass Is Always Greener

From: Happy Aspies Sometimes I feel like scooping up my family and going someplace remote where we can live without all the stimulus and social pressure that living in an American suburb or city provides. I truly beli…
Perfectly Imperfect

From: Happy Aspies “If I could design street signs, I would make them really fancy and when I put them on the posts, I would make them tilt-y.” Wolfie said this to me while eating dinner. He was dressed in his tuxedo…
Neurodiversity Bull

Well, it didn't take long. Autisable hasn't been up for very long, but already the neurodiversity crowd has found it and made the first attempts at sinking their talons in. First of all, what is "neurodiversity"? Wi…
You May Be an Aspie If...

This list is all my own, from my own experiences. I got the idea from You Might be an Aspie If..., which I found so comforting and funny that I was able to more quickly adjust to enjoy being who I am once I found out…
Stimming - as described from an Aspie

Stimming, for the unenlightened, is repetitive neurological stimulation. Basically, it's a repetitive sensory data input that distracts the brain from overload and helps a person relax. It can be motion related, like…
Aspergers and the Law

We learned the hard way, that an Aspie should never never never answer questions at a police station without an attorney present. They want to please and it is sometimes very easy to get them to agree to things th…
The Rotten Egg

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." -- Mother Teresa Children at a very early age are able to pick out the children who are "different." My son was about 4 when I went to a "sewing" with a bunch…
I Am the Lucky One

When my son was diagnosed with Autism back in 1997, his neurologist said something I will never forget. She said, "You did everything you were supposed to. You are just a very unlucky person." I said something back…