PinnedMcDopperinThe Unexpected Autistic LifeSelf-Esteem, Shame and AutismI 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 213Aug 213
PinnedMcDopperHow 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, 20238Oct 31, 20238
PinnedMcDopperinThe Unexpected Autistic LifeAutism 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 64Feb 64
PinnedMcDopperinThe Unexpected Autistic Life4 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 1310Jan 1310
PinnedMcDopperUndiagnosed autism, memories from 1987My 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, 20234Aug 13, 20234
McDopperMakes me think of the Green Day song MinorityI pledge allegiance to the underworld6d ago6d ago
McDopperinThe Unexpected Autistic LifeAutism and TrainingI haven’t written anything in a while here on Medium. I’ve started a thing or two and worked on something a bit that’s been brewing, but I…Sep 123Sep 123
McDopperMy goal is that within the next 10-15 years to move to either Nova Scotia or Newfoundland and NEVER…Sep 32Sep 32