Tag Archives: asperger’s syndrome
Misunderestimating me.
I hate to admit how much I love that particular spoonerism, largely because I found Bush so so embarrassing. But being back in school, my abilities and deficits are more obvious than they used to be. My first day of … Continue reading
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Fitting In
Several years ago, I started hearing whispers about vaccines causing autism. When I learned more details about the supposed cases of vaccine injury, I was totally baffled. They were descriptions of people who sounded a lot like me and one … Continue reading
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I’ll have the usual.
I think it is sometimes hard for acquaintances to get what is different about me and even people who know I have asperger’s sometimes express surprise when I describe any sort of traits or symptoms that I have. That is, … Continue reading
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abuse or classroom management?
Here is a good example of why my kids haven’t seen the inside of a public school for years: time-out rooms If I did this kind of thing as a parent, it would be considered abuse. If an institution does … Continue reading
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Ok, last lament about politics (I hope)
When I was in college the first time, I started taking upper level literature courses my first semester and then took at least two each semester for the next four years. The critical school most of my professors tended to prefer … Continue reading
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But that’s what I’ve been trying to tell everyone all along!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/2976839/Autism-is-caused-by-a-supercharged-mind-scientists-claim.html
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bathroom issues
Although my kids do not have official diagnoses, it is a generally recognized fact that we are all a bit quirky around here. I checked out the book Quirky Kids by Perri Klass and Eileen Costello from the library on … Continue reading
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Other people’s feelings
I have had a long day and am very tired. It started with therapy. I go to therapy a lot of times to talk specifically about other people’s feelings, which seems sort of silly and counter to what you might … Continue reading
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why?
Why is Tony Attwood speaking to FAAAS? I am so confused. He has made people with asperger’s his life work. He is commonly seen as being very positive about us. The inside cover of his big book about us talks … Continue reading
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Curses, foiled again.
My plan to read everything by Neil Gaiman has hit a snag. There was only one book in the library, to which I had not read the preceding book. If I had no plans of reading the preceding book, this … Continue reading
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