Food For Thought: Why do people have to divulge personal information to avoid hugs?
saspieblog
February 5, 2019
What does it take to decline a hug? What happens when you try? Is it respected?
Relationships
What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and Hate Groups, or the Cassandras
Terra Vance
January 24, 2019
An expose on active hate groups targeting autistics. The Cassandras are usually partners of men they suspect to have Asperger’s but who are not diagnosed.
Forming Myself in Their Image: A Tale of My Shoggoth
artsaflame
January 12, 2019
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.
A Life Illuminated
hughmorous
December 12, 2018
My name is Hugh Willis. I am autistic. Having an autism spectrum diagnosis and changing my life narrative has been a difficult journey of self-discovery. Acceptance
Family Response to Autism Diagnosis
Spectrum Hacks
December 6, 2018
Eventually I spoke to my mum about it. Well…I never really discussed it, I simply said that I received the diagnosis. I wanted to explain
Growing up with Selective Mutism
patrickmagpie
December 2, 2018
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
Bittersweet is My Favorite Word
jenbluhm
December 1, 2018
I’ve always felt that I am biding my time. When I say “I’ve always felt”, I mean as far back as I can remember. Like the things I was seeing and experiencing in my life were not the whole shebang. There was another place I was living and operating . . . almost.
On Connection and Loss
aspieaspired
November 30, 2018
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
Hozier, Monomania, Monsters, Melville, Literature, Layers, & Movement
Guerilla Aspie
November 30, 2018
It was the anniversary of Moby Dick‘s publication. 15 November 1851. The song was released on 15 November ’18. This has to mean something, but
On Asperger’s and Communication
bneal89
November 19, 2018
Brittney Neal elaborates on asperger’s and the differences in communication, giving helpful examples outlining what went wrong and what would have helped.