The problem with autism acceptance…

Autism Awareness Month is almost over. Does that mean that the rest of the world will revert back to a …

Stuck in a stim

Like many people on the Asperger’s/autism spectrum, I “stim”.  That is to say that I engage in “stereotyped and repetitive …

365 days of autistic blogging and silent waving

I have a confession to make: when I found out that the description of Asperger’s/autism fit me hand in glove, …

Autism talks back [a rebuttal]

(Issuing a Content Advisory/Trigger Warning; ableism and pessimistic viewpoint of autism by one non-autistic parent (emphasized to indicate that I …

Autism Spectrum symbol?

I think that the vast majority of us can agree: The dastardly puzzle piece needs to go. And it needs …

Careful with autism

This post was inspired by Rhi’s lovely post “An Autistic Anniversary“.  While reading it, my brain saw a butterfly and …

It takes one to know one

The patient, whom I’ll call “P”, came into my office with their partner.  P had been diagnosed as Obsessive-Compulsive, and …

‘Why do (or don’t) you…’

Eleven is a tough age.  It pulls on every fiber of your body.  It tugs at every neuron in your …

The internal critic

I’ve almost always been aware of a dichotomous yin-yang of self-awareness.  As in, I’m either hyper-aware of or utterly clueless …

Please don’t say “Autism Mom / Dad / Parent” for attention

(Beginning Note: please know that if you’re reading this, it totally doesn’t apply to you 🙂 and thus, please try …

‘Minds Without Borders’ by Margo Comeau on WrongPlanet

The lovely Margo Comeau, a friend and fellow autistic person, contacted me on Facebook, asking me if I would share …

‘Awareness’ is not enough ~ Part 3: Talk is cheap. Please take action

There’s a another chapter to this whole “Autism Awareness” thing.  It consists of the next step: action. My (stern, old-school) …