After 14 years and 4 real-life moves, I appear to have virtually moved to Dreamwidth ( Read more... )

On the eve of April, Sesame Street announces the development of a muppet with autism. This muppet, Julia, has been a character in an on-line book for about two years. Now she has been built into muppet form ( Read more... )

J.K. Rowling, as we all know, wrote the seven narrative Harry Potter books ( Read more... )

When I first interviewed for my current job, I asked something along the lines of, “So I know this is a pretty diverse city - how much of that is reflected in the patient population in your practice ( Read more... )

Like so many events in autistic history, Autistics Speaking Day started as a protest. Like so many events, it has grown into so much more. Read more here: http://autisticsspeakingday.blogspot.co.uk/

Writing the Brochure I Want to Read in the WorldI want a brochure I can ( Read more... )

I’ve been lately whomped by the disability binary and thinking about how much in disability comes down to narrow tolerances. I’m not even sure that’s the right term, but I can’t think of a better one ( Read more... )

I saw it first on CNN. A “feel good” story. Autism was in the title so I clicked ( Read more... )

I’m boycotting the Olympics ( Read more... )

I don’t need my cane. I can walk without it. I walk more steadily with it. I have the stamina to walk further and faster. I have less pain when I use it. It helps me up curbs so I don’t have to go as far out of my way to find curbcuts. It is helpful getting off the bus. I don’t use it at home or at a friend’s house. I don’t use it around ( Read more... )

The apricots of my childhoodThe apricots of my childhood were ( Read more... )