Do any of you have blogs?

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I'm going to be starting a blog (well, technically I'll be converting a blog that I started last year and abandoned) to write about my sons early intervention along with my husband and I discovering that we're on the spectrum. I mainly want to share strategies that we come up with that work for our family, bring hope to parents of high functioning children (we're a good example of a success story), and increase awareness in general.

I was wondering if any of you guys have blogs that I can take a peak at for some inspiration. I'm having a difficult time with the formatting and figuring out how to get things started. Or, even if you could link me to someone else's blog, that would be great too.

Thanks!

used to have two of them
they were too eccentric
almost no one spoke good about them

Yep! http://www.aspergerexperts.com/category/blog

One of my favorite autism related blogs is MOM-NOS http://momnos.blogspot.com/

Awesome, thanks!!

i have one. link in signature.

nobody ever comments though

I am not trying to hijack the thread, I just want to comment to Danny here, because I don't know him and I don't think it's good form for somebody my age to PM somebody his age out of the blue, and if we discuss it further we can do so in PM's.

That being said, I just went and read your Batman article. First let me day that you write very well! I hope you pursue it as you get older. I'm going to read some more of your blog simply because I like your writing.

Now, about Batman.... I never read the comic books, never watched the cartoons, never watched the Adam West series when I was a kid, never watched the Michael Keaton movies, I just didn't care. Then along came Christian Bale, who I liked in The Prestige to begin with and now I like the Batman movies.

I don't feel that he's autistic, and not just because he's Christian Bale. I have AS, so I know that we don't all fit one mold, but I saw him as more of the John Wayne type. The strong, silent type because he believes thats how men should be, rather than simply not caring for others company at all. I think he does care for others company, he's just very select in who he chooses, sort of like the Special Forces.

A lot of the characteristics you point out in Batman to explain why you think he's autistic are the same ones that John Rambo had in "Rambo". You have to remember that Batman debuted back during the time of the strong, capable, Hollywood leading man type. They didn't show emotion either, nor much sympathy to any enemy, although they were, many times, ladies men. In the comic books and cartoons and the Adam West series, he didn't focus on girlfriends because he was written with a target audience of boys who didn't really like girls much yet, and back then everything was a lot more prudish when it came to showing any kind of relationship to begin with.

I have a couple theories about why he ditched the girl to go see Robin when Robin was grieving, and I'll tell you this one. I think he was written that way because to the audience, Robin was a substitute for themselves. Robin was obviously grown, and able to take care of himself and Batmans crime fighting partner, but I think he was written to give the boys who watched the show someone to identify with. Batman and his helper Robin, the Boy Wonder. I think writing Robin the way they did, as younger, somewhat dependent in ways, and the fact that they were friends and obviously cared about each other, gave it a kind of feeling to the boys watching the show that Robin was like Batmans little brother, and as any young boy knows, it's sort of an honor if your older brother who may be some sort of war hero, etc asks you to come and help him do something. Him needing your help to do something really makes you feel good and even gives you a taste of equality with him. The fact that Robin helped Batman gave the archetype of "the little brother" some importance. I think that the kids enjoyed that fact just as much as they did the hero worship of Batman himself. I think that while every boy in America wanted to grow up to be Batman, while he was watching the show or reading the comic books he could see himself somehow being almost able to fill Robins shoes, which it would be a long, long time before he could fill Batman's.

As to why he ditched the girl, well if you accept the premise of Batman as a big brother figure to Robin, and know that to a boy that age the death of his parents is the worst tragedy imaginable, not only would an older brother cancel his date to go be with his grieving younger brother, but if he didn't he would be a horrible person. Batman is the only "family" Robin has left in the world, and they both know it. Any decent person would sacrifice their own night on the town to comfort a loved one, especially one that they feel a responsibility for. Now, since Batman nor Robin are real, I believe that it was written that way for the same reason that Robin has always been called on to help him. It shows that just because you are younger and not as strong, that doesn't mean you aren't just as important or just as capable. It shows that Batman not only values Robin as a friend/family member, but that out of respect for him as well as an older brothers concern, he changes his plans and goes to see him. Getting respect from a highly respected hero is a pretty heady thing, and I'm sure the feeling of that comes across in the reading of it.

Anyway, I'll hush now. I did not write this to say "You're wrong". I enjoyed your piece and I wanted to share my ideas about this with you and ask what you think. If you want to PM and discuss it, I'd be happy to. I used to be a huge Highlander fan (Series mainly) and in that fandom we did a whole lot of discussion and debate about what fictional characters did, thought, believed, would have done, etc, so I'm cool with that.

But please do keep up your writing! You are very good at it. I hope you show work of this quality to your teachers and your parents. The more encouragement you get when you are young, the better chances you have of keeping at it through adulthood.

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