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Self-Esteem, Shame and Autism

I am, quite frankly, a hard person to spend time with. Not that I am unpleasant; on the contrary, I’ve bent myself into a pretzel to try to…

Aug 21

Self-Esteem, Shame and Autism

Aug 21

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How to have a conversation with me as an autistic adult: numbered guidelines to be aware of.

So, for whatever reason you find yourself in a situation where we must interact in more than a cursory manner. Fear not. I have prepared a…

Oct 31, 2023

How to have a conversation with me as an autistic adult: numbered guidelines to be aware of.

Oct 31, 2023

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Autism and Being an Outsider; How I Found Myself in the Mosh Pit.

At its heart, being Autistic in an allistic world means being an outsider. For some of us, the distinction is pointed out quickly in our…

Feb 6

Autism and Being an Outsider; How I Found Myself in the Mosh Pit.

Feb 6

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4 Things That Make Socializing as an Autistic Adult Nearly Freakin’ Impossible on a Bad Day and…

Far be it for me to make sweeping generalizations on anything. There can always be exceptions to most anything if the net is cast wide…

Jan 13

4 Things That Make Socializing as an Autistic Adult Nearly Freakin’ Impossible on a Bad Day and…

Jan 13

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Undiagnosed autism, memories from 1987

My son just finished his first week of marching band in college. He is loving it. As the band begins to put together and flesh out another…

Aug 13, 2023

Undiagnosed autism, memories from 1987

Aug 13, 2023

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And You Thought you just Voted for trump

You didn’t just vote for donald trump and JD Vance. No, you voted for the hate of stephen miller and the stupidity of marjorie taylor…

4d ago

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When I saw the headline, my first thought would be that this would be a really short article:

Bible Stories that Never Happened

Nov 7

Nov 7

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Standing Outside

Many of us who have spent our lives outside of the normal bounds of American society for whatever reason — for reasons of neurodiversity…

Nov 6

Standing Outside

Nov 6

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A much greater percentage of those that died from the Covid virus are, in fact, trump supporters.

Oct 27

Oct 27

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Finding Your Crew as an Autistic Adult

I have written about my son and his exploits in his college marching band last year on a couple of occasions (here and here) and contrasted…

Oct 24

Finding Your Crew as an Autistic Adult

Oct 24

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McDopper

50+ father of two: Special Interests: isopods, whales, corvids, WW1, Autism, poetry, fiction, Vonnegut, comic strips, and trying to grok wtf is going on.

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