Wanting to be Alone and Together: A Paradox
I have had a recurring dream since I was a young child. I dreamt it quite often between the ages of about 8 to 14,
I have had a recurring dream since I was a young child. I dreamt it quite often between the ages of about 8 to 14,
When you are autistic, you spend much of your life feeling very alone. No one can understand why you are melting down because someone bought
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
The drive from Wellington, Florida to Chicago takes nineteen hours for a family of average luck. Two days between the promise of a new adventure
I don’t easily arrive at an emotional connection, but once I let my guard down and allow that connection to flourish, it is hard and
Communication is complicated. The average person communicates not only with their words, but with body language, inflection, and sub-text as well. We are expected to
There is something within the chronic illness community known as the “Spoon Theory.” In this analogy, the spoons stand for the amount of energy a
In prevailing literature, people on the autism spectrum have all of their traits, their behaviors, and even their very existence pathologized. They are considered to
It was hard to come out as an aspie (a person with Asperger’s syndrome). I started with some people I thought would be the most
I have had a recurring dream since I was a young child. I dreamt it quite often between the ages of about 8 to 14,
When you are autistic, you spend much of your life feeling very alone. No one can understand why you are melting down because someone bought
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
The drive from Wellington, Florida to Chicago takes nineteen hours for a family of average luck. Two days between the promise of a new adventure
I don’t easily arrive at an emotional connection, but once I let my guard down and allow that connection to flourish, it is hard and
Communication is complicated. The average person communicates not only with their words, but with body language, inflection, and sub-text as well. We are expected to
There is something within the chronic illness community known as the “Spoon Theory.” In this analogy, the spoons stand for the amount of energy a
In prevailing literature, people on the autism spectrum have all of their traits, their behaviors, and even their very existence pathologized. They are considered to
It was hard to come out as an aspie (a person with Asperger’s syndrome). I started with some people I thought would be the most
I have had a recurring dream since I was a young child. I dreamt it quite often between the ages of about 8 to 14,
When you are autistic, you spend much of your life feeling very alone. No one can understand why you are melting down because someone bought
How to coexist with an autistic friend, relative, student, or child. An open letter to loved ones.
It often seemed like people around me didn’t have so much trouble learning what direction to grow in. They just knew how to become a human being. They knew when to say hello and goodbye, how to jump rope, ride bikes, what to talk about, and what to wear.
The drive from Wellington, Florida to Chicago takes nineteen hours for a family of average luck. Two days between the promise of a new adventure
I don’t easily arrive at an emotional connection, but once I let my guard down and allow that connection to flourish, it is hard and
Communication is complicated. The average person communicates not only with their words, but with body language, inflection, and sub-text as well. We are expected to
There is something within the chronic illness community known as the “Spoon Theory.” In this analogy, the spoons stand for the amount of energy a
In prevailing literature, people on the autism spectrum have all of their traits, their behaviors, and even their very existence pathologized. They are considered to
It was hard to come out as an aspie (a person with Asperger’s syndrome). I started with some people I thought would be the most
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