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I wrote my last blog post here four years ago. At that time, I was working on myself, improving, and exploring new opportunities in my life, and I reached the personal conclusion that I was likely not actually on the spectrum.
Four weird years later--yeah, I'm on the spectrum.
At the time, I...
One of the things I love about AspiesCentral is that it is a very welcoming, accepting place. That is not a common thing on the web. (I could comment further on that, and once upon a time I probably would have spent a few thousand words expounding on the subject, but that time is no longer.) I...
I was pleased to read this interview with Henry and Kamila Markram, originators of the Intense World Theory of autism.
I find that their conception of autism reflects my experience quite well. The next time someone asks me what autism and Asperger's is all about, I'm going to point them to...
Been working a lot lately, and it's been fun, because my new job involves a lot of data. I also have to establish communication channels with people and coordinate activities with various people across the organization. Normally, that wouldn't appeal to me, but because I'm the analyst who's...
One difference I've noticed in how neurotypicals write about Asperger's compared to how Aspies write about it--I've not yet come across an Aspie describing themself as not having a "theory of mind".
I have a different take on it than what the psychologists say. I don't think humans come...
I'd love to have a more Aspie-friendly job. I know it's not an Aspie thing to envy those who get to do something they love for a living, but I definitely feel that envy when I hear about certain other jobs. I think back on the alternate career paths I wanted to explore, but decided against them...
I read something recently that referred to an Aspie as someone who was "suffering from Asperger's Syndrome." I understand why people use that word, "suffering." I understand why people consider the spectrum a "disorder," and not only a qualitative difference.
But as is my wont, I like to...