Barometers

Common on the Asperger’s/autism spectrum is the occurrence of Alexithymia, or the difficulty with identifying and expressing emotions.  During the …

Of machine and human

There was a time, over half my life ago, that I wanted to be machine. Not a machine, necessarily, but …

My Asperger’s / autism and (my need for) self-defense [Mental Health Monday]

Still peeling the onion.  Asperger’s/autism discovery as an adult, for me, has been a never-ending–yet unpredictable–cycle of unpacking and reframing. …

How it feels to find my island

Roughly a year ago, I wrote about how it felt to find a personal circle of fellow Asperger’s/autistic peeps, a …

They thought I was ‘intense’…when I was actually autistic

All my life, the word “intense” has crept into the conversation, usually in reference to my personality or my behavior …

Letting go

Another topic that in hindsight didn’t get its due coverage (during the early days of my Asperger’s/autism spectrum discovery) is …

Autistic retrospect

A year and five months later, I’ve come to realize that I shouldn’t have put off starting this blog.  When …

Echoes

So many autistic people have spoken.  Spoken up, spoken out, spoken like a boss.  Spoken as though they know what …

Distance

Discovering my autistic truth has not been a single cataclysmic moment, but rather, a series of enlightening ones.  The journey …

Autism, introspection, and fulfillment

I’ve decided to escape the confines of the office environment for a little while.  In what may or may not …

Asperger’s / autism and the mental jukebox

I’m awake, therefore there’s a song running through my head. Today, because it’s sunny (in South Texas, what else is …

Incomplete autism (?)

Sometimes I feel like I’m not exactly a “completely” autistic person, in a way. What does that mean? Well, it’s …