My Autism, Social Training and Twinkling Lights
If you are not on the autism spectrum maybe I can help you understand your loved one’s visual detail that brings such delight, but others may not understand. It’s this [continue reading…]
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Fixations, Embarrassment and my Autism
I love fixations, and I revel in them. The world may say, “Do something useful,” “Talk,” or “We’re doing this now,” but it is deliriously heavenly to fixate. I fixated [continue reading…]
Change is Difficult for me–a Person with Autism
My 19-year-old daughter is leaving the nest. My son went to live with Dad for his high school years. I’m moving in with my long-time boyfriend. And, I started my [continue reading…]
Family TV Watching and Autism
You can help your child with autism lower their stress level with some simple rules about family TV watching. As a child and now an adult with autism and sensory [continue reading…]
Magic in my childhood mind with autism
I was asked what was the magical part of my childhood as a person with autism. With such a question, it took me days to choose one memory over the [continue reading…]
Watching lips by people with autism
A Yale study is about me too! Especially when I’m in social situations or I’m trying to figure out what is going on in a conversation, I’ll “read lips” instead [continue reading…]