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Recent content by DrDanLEdmunds

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    Insects.

    Sniff your own bumblebee.
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    I see the world...

    I see the world in ways unseen by others And thus I must be altered by martyric mothers. I feel vibrations within which cause a rift. My sensitivity overwhelms but is also a gift. I speak in a language all my own. I may be isolated but I am not alone. Those who do not know me say I am strange. I...
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    Being 'appropriate'

    As he sat with his notepad humming and chewing his pencil he said to me to stop that repetition of phrases. Stop twirling your hands. As he only made sporadic eye contact with me to look up from his charts and notes he told thr teacher that I rarely make eye contact. At the end of the day as...
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    Documentary

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    Autism Radio

    http://www.autismradio.org/archived-shows/2016/2/1/show-298-interview-with-dr-dan-l-edmunds-edd
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    Peaks and valleys

    Agreed.
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    Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D.

    What do you wish to know?
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    Peaks and valleys

    When I began training in relational approaches to autism, my mentor made the comment to me that 'you are Aspie with peaks and valleys.' I never knew what that really meant and he never explained well. Another colleague also felt I was in the spectrum. I can understand this but never felt a need...
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    Self advocates

    I wrote this for those non autistics who need to learn something of the autistic experience. It may not totally fit for those here but thought I would still share it anyway
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    Self advocates

    It is a popular concept to have organizations which claim to represent autistic persons but in reality do nothing more than complain of the person, seek to alter them, and collectively 'bemoan their plight'. If we are to understand autistics and we truly wish to support, then we must learn...
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    Autistic world

    An alienated society proclaims those in the autism spectrum to be alienated. Rather, those in the spectrum have an intense sensitivity to the chaotic world around. They feel more deeply and know there is something wrong. Their supposed retreat into a 'world of their own' is a breaking through...
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    Transforming a Miserable Day

    Today one lad in the spectrum was in a miserable mood. He began complaining his mother hates him, he was not going to do anything, and 'everything is terrible'. He then told me 'everybody gets one day to be miserable!' I then asked if I could have my day on Tuesday beginning at 1215 and that I...
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    Hello I'm new here

    Greetings.
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    Further Introduction

    As has been requested let me give further introduction. First, I am a self advocate. I am in NEPA and have spent 17 years in various roles in behavioral health. I was born in Tampa, resided in Colorado as a teen. I completed undergraduate studies at University of Florida in Religion and...
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    Relational Approach and Principles

    Autism is not a disease or an entity. It is not something that we must seek out to eradicate. Rather, it is a mode of being, thord “autism” simply being an umbrella term to describe how one relates (or does not relate) to the world. When autism is viewed as an entity, a “thing,” professionals...
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