So, I was a bad Aspie because I didn't post anything here on Autism Awareness Day. Bad Matt! Ah well. I've been preoccupied with working on my own stuff. But better late than never. I've been meaning to write up my thoughts on the upcoming revisions for the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition) as they ( Read more... )

I've been doing a lot of genealogy work on Ancestry.com over the past several months. Reconnecting with immediate and extended family, and connecting with further-extended family than I'd previously met. It's been good, and healing, and productive. My anxiety has gotten in the way sometimes, as I worry that others will be offended by the way I ( Read more... )

YES. THIS.My ability to function socially in physical environments is exactly inversely proportional to the amount of extraneous "noise" in that environment, whether that's visual, auditory, social information, emotional or cognitive complexity, or whatever. The more noise comes from all directions around me, the slower my information processing ( Read more... )

Couple of interesting articles I'd like to share.

On the existence or non-existence of free will, and ramifications.

On brain growth patterns in the prefrontal cortex of autistic people.

Enjoy!

--Matt

Hey guys! If you've got a couple minutes to kill right now, could you do me a solid and do the following things? Go take a quick look at Unsounded, and then go take a quick look at LFG. Which do you like better? Hint: the correct answer is "Unsounded". ;) If you agree with me, could you go here real quick and cast a vote for Unsounded in the ( Read more... )

It's been a bit longer than I was hoping to take since my last post. The new mental health services are going pretty well, but I kind of wish I could see my main counselor more than once every two weeks. On the other hand, the rate at which I'm working out my stuff feels like it's probably pushing me hard enough, given my condition. It's just ( Read more... )

Oh, hey, before I forget, I should pimp out this webcomic I found a while back, now that I'm posting again. Unsounded is an online graphic novel by one Ms. Ashley Cope, featuring an original fantasy-world setting, humorous and multidimensional characters, and rich, well-crafted world-building. Also, it has a loquacious spellcasting zombie in it ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm about ready to start using this thing again. This is more of just a quick notice to that effect, rather than the start of truly regular posting. But I just realized I'm about ready, and seeing as how it's still the first day of the year for a few more minutes, it seemed appropriate to make a quick post about that now ( Read more... )

Memo to Charlie Sheen, Moammar Gadhafi and anyone else undergoing or considering a very public, denial-fueled Meltdown of the Self ( Read more... )

I'm in a living situation that's as close to ideal for me, for the moment, as I believe I can get. It's helping, and it's working. I just hope it'll be enough to get me to where I need to be, by when I need to be there. Where I need to be is "independently functional and motivated", and when I need to be there is "by the time Travis is deployed ( Read more... )