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

I just had to share this!  It’s too good not to.  I agree 100%!  This is my perspective, too.  Excellent …

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

I can very much relate to this!  I totally agree.  I’m all about the constructive, non-pathological approach and mindset.  This …

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 …