Monthly Archives: September 2014

Autism, Growing Up and Defining Friends

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. As an autistic, I have difficulties in the social arena in a multitude of ways. This was especially true during my […]

Autism, Airports and Lifelong Learning

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. For most of my life airports have befuddled me. It didn’t so much matter earlier in my life because the only […]

Autism and Psychiatric Diagnoses

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. At different times during my growing up and even during my adult years autism wasn’t something people knew much about. I […]

We Are Not In Our Own World

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. We need to be careful about how we think about and talk about people with disabilities. One example is the reference […]

IT IS STILL WRONG TO MURDER YOUR AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. It has been one year since the murder attempt on Issy Stapleton by her mother, Kelli. During that year there has […]