Inside looking out

Looking out at the world, I see buildings and cars and people.  People milling about, living their lives, doing what …

Depathologizing Asperger’s / autism ~ The strength vs ‘lacking’ edition

In her book “The Autistic Brain”, right there on page 122, Temple Grandin introduces a new term to my world: …

To the parent whose child was just diagnosed with autism

Hi moms and dads 🙂 A little muse tapped me on the shoulder today to let me know that somebody …

Sharing: The #autistic medical model makes me sick

Originally posted on And Now… For My Next Trick!:
There’s more to my autistic self and experience than the medical model can conceptualize Note: This…

The Autistic Pride Award [500th Post]

As some of y’all are aware, it has become a little informal tradition on this blog to dedicate every 100th …

Sharing: Positively differently abled…

Originally posted on The Misadventures of Mama Pineapple:
It’s coming up to a week since I received verbal confirmation of my diagnosis. And whilst…

A really big Thank You <3

I wanted to let y’all know that this blog reached 100,000 hits sometime overnight the night before last, by over …

Omg, I’m pedantic, too. Kind of. Part 2

So…in the last post, I mentioned that I’m sort of pedantic.  And apparently, I’m not alone!   In that last …

Sharing: Done with that autism spectrum “disorder” business

Originally posted on And Now… For My Next Trick!:
I woke up a bit irritated, today. I’m happy for the weekend, but the weather is dreary, and…

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 …

Not ‘puzzling’. Infinite.

I may puzzle some people.  Some people puzzle me.  Some people are just designed to be puzzled.  Sometimes neither person …

Taking the ‘pity’ out of ‘serendipity’

I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that up until last night, I didn’t know what the word “serendipity” meant.  I actually …