Friends & Relationships
How to Thrive as a Special Needs Family and Community
By alex on February 5, 2013
We live in a world that is fast-paced, high-tech, image driven and unforgiving, fueled by sensationalized media and reality television shows portraying what is now considered by many to be “normal”. Add to all of this a special needs newborn, child or adult in a family, and reality becomes a sub-world driven by a lifetime...
10 Steps to Become Independent: Learning the Basics of Essential Life Skills
By alex on November 6, 2012
This guide will help prepare you for that transition so that someday you can live...
A Rather Queer Year – By John Scott Holman
By alex on September 14, 2012
queer – adj. – (kwir)
1: a: worthless, counterfeit
b: questionable, suspicious
2: a: differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal
b (1): eccentric, unconventional...
Mothers Day Hints for Men
By alex on May 13, 2012
First of all, struggling with taking a break from maternal responsibilities is normal. This is hard for the mothers of typical children—who presumably have a little less to be preoccupied about than mothers of children who have autism and other special needs.
So feeling overwhelmed by the enormous responsibilities of motherhood is normal, but when it goes on...
Bullying – You Have More Power Than You Think
By alex on April 16, 2012
One thing that Aspies so often suffer from is bullying. People picking on them, insulting them, vandalizing or stealing their stuff, even spitting on and hitting them when they can't fight back.
I've been there, done that and gotten the T-shirt.
One of the worst things about being bullied is the fear. Fear that something could happen at any...
Loving Someone with Asperger’s Syndrome
By alex on April 11, 2012
I wrote Loving Someone with Asperger’s Syndrome for several compelling reasons. Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to work with many people with AS and their partners either as individuals or couples and I have seen the struggles from both sides.
As I looked around for guidance, in the form of books and/or research to...
It Gets Better – by Aspie Columnist Jeffrey Deutsch
By alex on April 6, 2012
In fact, I'd probably still be that way, if it wasn't for Emily - my first and only girlfriend ever (now she's Mrs. Deutsch). We met when I was 29 1/2, and a few years later, after Googling my more...interesting...traits, she figured I may be an Aspie.
She...
The Social Human & The Art of Positive Communication for Autism
By alex on March 21, 2012
Human beings are per definition flock animals. There is no real way around this fact. Our success as a species is partially based on our superior communication skills which allow us to share our knowledge and experiences in a much more efficient way than any other animal on Earth. We have no natural physical weapons; no claws, no fangs, no...
Aspie or NT? The Pros and Cons of Acting Neurotypical
By alex on March 13, 2012
Hi, I’m Maja and I live in Copenhagen, Denmark and I’m a 25 year old woman diagnosed with Asperger’s. I’m a singer/songwriter and a student.
I always knew I was different and started learning social skills before I was even diagnosed. When I was 12, I realized that I wanted to be a part of the world and...
Kirsten Lindsmith on Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Autism
By alex on January 30, 2012
One criticism of the article that really resonated with me was about my comment about how learning to dress differently opened me up to more romantic venues. I...