Good-bye to Asperger's There’s a fairly arbitrary split between people diagnosed “Asperger” and high-functioning people diagnosed “Autism”. The big difference between these two categories is that the people with Asperger’s had speech before three (though it was probably unusual speech), and the people categorized Autism usually did not...
Wild Violets Mrs. Johnson's garden was overrun with wild violets. Violets, if allowed to grow and given their way, will quickly turn into a tenacious weed, spreading to cover the entire area with their heart-shaped leaves and small blue blossoms. Mrs. Johnson, who grew exotic roses, did not like wild violets.First, Mrs. Johnson tried pulling the violets. Long h...
Why be proud of a disease? Well, for one, it's not a disease; it's a developmental disability (and some of the milder cases, you can make an argument for it not even being a disability). Autism is atypical development, not a dysfunction of some pre-existing order. Just like you couldn't say that someone with dyslexia or a learning disability has a "disease", you co...
A Highly Recommended Skill I've just noticed that I've gained a new skill: I can now do schoolwork or read while listening to music--IF the music is familiar.Music without words is best. Music with words has to be so familiar that I can predict not just the words but the different instrumental parts. But I've apparently learned, now, not to be distracted by mu...
