One-(wo)man army

Last year was what I felt as a year of “Firsts”.  My “first” airplane flight, my “first” conference, my “first” …

Theory of mind(reading)

Realizing that you’re autistic when you’re an adult means you get to do a lot of searching.  This takes multiple …

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 …

(My) Asperger’s / autism and interruptions

As I amble about through life, I have two settings: “all” or “nothing”.  This is probably one of several real-life …

Denying or restricting access to a ‘special interest’ is a subtler form of abuse [Mental Health Monday]

I’m going to try not to get too graphic here, for obvious reasons.  I don’t want to kick off the …

Not ‘passing’ doesn’t mean ‘failing’

Over the past year and a quarter-ish, I’d been experiencing a lot of “first”s–the first time doing “this” or “that” …

My mom is not an Autism (Warrior) Mom(TM)

My mom is not an Autism Mom.  She never was.  (I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to be one; …

Sharing: Stimming vs Fidgeting…

Originally posted on THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY :
I personally think it is unfortunate that many NDs have so easily accepted that stimming is…

Asperger’s / autism and microaggression

I don’t remember how I came across the term “microaggression”, but apparently I did, and I’m guessing that it was …

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 …

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 …