Sharing: Functioning Labels 101: What’s The Big Deal?

This is a wonderful and much-needed post! In it, the lovely author takes us through what exactly is a “function” …

16 Words and phrases you might want to strike from your vocabulary right now, when referring to Asperger’s / autism

Apparently, this is the third post in an unintended-but-happily-accidental series of vocabulary-related posts. The other two can be found here: …

Asperger’s / autism vocabulary 201 ~ a proposal toward a 21st-century shift

Yesterday, I celebrated six months of awareness of my true nature: I am autistic (Asperger’s). This does not make me …

Asperger’s / autism vocabulary 101 ~ an introductory primer

Today marks six months since I’ve known I’m Aspergian.  Life certainly makes more sense now.  And it certainly won’t ever …

Everything old is new again: my vocabulary transformation

Often, with a new Asperger’s/autism spectrum diagnosis/realization comes a transformation of vocabulary, too.  This definitely happened to me.  All of …