Well, it’s Autism Awareness Month and you know what that means. Yep, all the media’s talking heads yakking it up about ASD like they have any fucking clue of what …
Our world these days seems full of acronyms: LGBTQ, ADHD, JPEG, ATM, etc. It seems like we can’t speak without using a goddamned acronym anymore. Even shit you didn’t know …
As a rule, I try to research the things I talk about here. Either by rooting around on the internet, perusing journals for some peer-reviewed studies, or crowd-sourcing on A …
I’ve talked about some real assmaggots–and maybe an assmaggot-ey organization or two (Nazis being the worst)–here on Socially Awkward Weirdo but I haven’t said anything about Autism Speaks. That changes …
I’ve mentioned Applied Behavioral Analysis a couple of times on this blog and those mentions haven’t been complimentary. Basically, my take on it, and anyone who advocates for it, is …
I’m Not a Misanthrope, I Just Hate People In his Literary Hub essay, Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life, Steve Edwards says that much of what characterizes …
Okay, by now you’ve probably noticed that I spend a lot of time on how society deals with neurodivergence. And, you’ve probably also noticed that most of it hasn’t exactly …
In a recent sermon, my friend Michael Usey said that most of the time we want be self-sufficient, fully self-contained. This desire, however, is often shattered. Perhaps by the laughter …
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