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Recovery

Stock Photo Credit: familymwr Recovery. Outside of the words ‘vaccine,’ and ‘cure,’ the word ‘recovery’ is probably the most controversial word in the autism vernacular. It’…
Video: In Honor of Autistic Pride Day

As many of you know I have my own issues with the neurodiversity crowd, as well as the woe-is-me crowd of parents. So this video does not really speak for me. Some it does. In fact most of it does. However, I am probably…
How Much Accomodation Must Be Made?

Should we change, or should others change for us? Should workplaces change for us? We (by we, I mean anyone) must be able to present ourselves in such a way that the people we engage think we are nice/interesting/…
Follow-up to my interview with Steve Silberman

A couple of weeks ago my friend Steve Silberman posted an excellent interview of me which attracted some deserved criticism with respect to my responses. I would like to address some of the points of that interview he…
One Year Aspie-versary

I really meant to do this two months ago, since February 4th marked the anniversary of "D" Day, but one thing does tend to drive out another, and here we are, nearly through April... There's no really organized way…
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…
We think differently

My husband and I have almost nothing in common. I'm Ernie, he's Bert. I'm arty, he's analytical. I'm a vegetarian, he loves nothing more than a good burger. I like adventure vacations, he prefers lying on the beach…
Autism isn't just a "wonderful difference"

I get asked about my views on Neurodiversity every so often. Yes, I do believe it's wonderful that there can be different kinds of human brain wiring. The world would be a pretty boring (and unproductive) place if we…
The Nonsense of Neurodiversity

Oh no, blasphemy I have said the unthinkable. Here is a parent of two-neuro-disabled children and I think that the entire idea of neurodiversity is a sham. I also don’t need hate letters from persons in the neur…
Thoughts on Neurodiversity and "The Cure"

I wrote this in response to a parent's note, but on second thought, I thought perhaps I should share it more widely . . . For many of us on the spectrum, a parent’s stated quest to “cure” autism feels…