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Spinning Compass
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The other night I watched a "comedy" called "Juno", about a pregnant teenager who seeks a couple to adopt her child. At least it was billed as a comedy. But I had a hard time finding things to laugh at in it. Instead, I watched, appalled. I'm not around teenagers a whole lot so I don't...
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I have raccoon eyes again, meltdowns are fun, I guess that's why I'm having more lately. I just needed to write that, you may feel free to go about your business again people ; ]
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How does one feel what another person feels? I feel like I do, but it doesn't make any sense. It's not my nervous system, it is someone else's, and I don't see how their nerves can send signals to my brain. The answer is quite obviously that they can't; that's me sending signals to my brain...
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Some regulars might have picked up on me being stressed out about an assessment I had going on with a psychologist from social services. I had said appointment today and it was mildly amusing? and then some. Here?s some interesting highlights. I got there sat down and he was all like ?so...
Earlier this week marked World Autism Awareness Day. The Netherlands took it a step further and marked it ?autismweek?. There were all kinds of events going on related to the spectrum all throughout the country. The company a social worker I keep in touch with works for had such an event running...
Spinning Compass
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One of the advantages of not owning a TV is that I am spared the constant bombardment of advertising designed to make me discontented with the way I am living. Not entirely spared, of course, there's always radio and internet and print. But when one is not always bombarded one does have time...
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One question that turned out to work in the desired way: "Where is that book about reading people that I saw here not two weeks ago?" Before long, I had sorted through the piles of books on my bedroom floor and put them in the bookcase. I can eat new food if I ask myself what it will taste...
To mark Autism Awareness Day a private group paid to have the Mackinac Bridge lit up blue at night. Meanwhile the Lieutenant Governor announced several new autism programs to start taking effect. It wasn't long before the first comment came in--and it was negative. "Who is going to pay...
Ylva
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Sometimes, I think that my problem with getting motivated is my focus on getting motivated. I will concentrate on generating motivation to do something, rather than actually doing that thing. I know it seems obviously counter-productive and I should stop doing that and start doing something that...
Spinning Compass
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In the movie, "Saving Private Ryan" there is a scene where Tom Hanks and his squad finally come across the man they have been searching through enemy country for, Private James Ryan. They have been sent to bring Private Ryan home because he is the only surviving son in his family; the rest of...
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Recently Michigan Governor Snyder appointed an Emergency Manager for Detroit. Now, one would think that people would be pleased because he appointed an African-American to be Emergency Manager instead of a white person but no. There are big protests scheduled by none other than the Reverends...
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Well, I see that one of our Michigan Republicans is at it again. He posted a very offensive post about gays based on outdated research on his Facebook page and now everyone is howling for his blood. Could it be that this guy is a secret Democrat out to undermine the party? Nope, the Reps...
Earlier this week people mentioned autism and selective mutism. It got me thinking about my own behavior and if I suffer from selective mutism. Because; I think it?s interesting to see where your personal position and functioning holds up to? well, peers. But actually, it was just something to...
Spinning Compass
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Last Sunday they had a racism workshop at my new church, called "Constructing a New White Identity in the 21st Century". It lasted only two hours but could have gone on much longer. It is part of a series of discussions that they are having on racism and I hope to attend others. This...
I've been following the adventures of the Mars rover Curiosity and I got to thinking, what if Curiosity were to find evidence that microbes exist or once existed on Mars? How would that affect so-called "Creation Science"? Now, for those who are not familiar with "Creationism" or "Creation...
So,I apologize for the short,jumbled way my blog is written so far. I promise you all i'm a much better writer than this when relaxed. I somewhat recently started having severe anxiety issues, and I think it screwed up my writing ability. When I look at what I write, I feel like I should just...
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I got to thinking about what it would have been like to be the first guy to have Asperger's, I mean, Hans had to start somewhere and somebody had to be the first, didn?t they? So the thing you have to know when you go into this story is that it isn?t entirely accurate concerning the era in...
A situation came to mind regarding the entire notion if autism is an excuse. And if it?s not, then how would one define this behavior. A while ago on a forum about miniature wargaming and painting someone started a thread where someone asked him (I blindly assume it?s a he, but it could just...
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We just got a new printer at work or so they say (looks a lot like the old one, if you ask me) and when I went to pick up my prints there was a sign on it that this printer was "in training" for voice recognition commands. Meaning you might have to repeat your commands slowly and clearly so it...
Spinning Compass
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Recently I watched "The Sessions" where Helen Hunt plays a sex therapist who helps a paralyzed man learn how to enjoy sex. I thought it was pretty tastefully done and definitely not as graphic as a lot of other movies I can name. The movie left me wanting to know a lot more about this man's...
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