Sharing: Diagnostic Criteria for Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder

This is a wonderful post, written by the author of one of the first comforting, supportive blogs I found once …

Sometimes I prefer to be invisible

People on the Asperger’s/autism spectrum often find ourselves under scrutiny we didn’t ask for and don’t necessarily want.  Some of …

Let me tell you about my “inability to handle criticism” – one Asperger’s / autistic perspective

Somehow I managed to compress roughly eight hours’ worth of work into about an hour and a half, followed by …

The wrong planet

When I first heard about the Asperger’s/autism spectrum discussion forum Wrong Planet (link to site), I instantly got the (half-) …

Choosing and landing a job as an Asperger’s / autistic person

First, I need to start off by saying that a job is not the end-all-be-all.  The larger society likes to …

Sharing: How I untrained my system from autistic rage

Originally posted on Autistic Ultra:
So, yeseterday, I discussed how autistic folks can get so acclimated to outrage and fight-flight responses,…

Sharing: Reverse-engineering our autistic rage

Originally posted on Autistic Ultra:
We all have very good reasons to be enraged. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed…

Why Asperger’s / autistic people can make awesome cat (and/or dog) ‘parents’

I’ve had cats all my life.  I love cats.  I’m a cat person.  And I’ll probably be one of those …

Asperger’s / autism and regret

Statistically, at age 39, I’m only halfway through the predicted human life expectancy.  But I made a “Bucket List” a …

The downside to being (autistic and) “bright”

“You’re so smart; why can’t you do this or that?” “You could have gotten an A, if only you’d done …

How to choose a good counselor / therapist as an Asperger’s / autistic adult

AutChat, an amazing group of autistic people on Twitter, bonded together to create a Safe Space for other Aspergian/autistic and …

My autistic personality is not a disease, and my characteristics are not “symptoms”

I might prefer to be quiet and observant.  That doesn’t mean that I’m defective or weird.  It might mean that …