The double-edged sword of labels in the autistic world

I wrote once in defense of labels, before defending and embracing labels was cool (insert wry grin here). The recoil …

My autistic personality is not a disease, and my characteristics are not “symptoms”

I might prefer to be quiet and observant.  That doesn’t mean that I’m defective or weird.  It might mean that …

Because Rainbows! A tale of ‘special interests’

My previous post about collections gave rise to this post, in a natural progression sort of way.  I mean, it …