Autism, Muscular Dystrophy, & CRPS

Reading The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks tonight prompted me to write a few words; see the last section of that book, and you will see what I mean as you read on. I still hear people who believe that vaccines cause autism. Sometimes they will say that there are lot more diagnoses ofContinue

Autism Continuum or Spectrum

I sat down with a psychologist recently, and he saw that I had been diagnosed with a form of autism. He said, “You appear to be very low on the spectrum.” I thought that he meant that he thought I was low-functioning, so I said, “Like Leo Kanner’s kids?” He clarified that he meant thatContinue

Autism: I Am The Village Idiot

I found a piece of writing from 2011. I re-post it here, unedited.  Remember the grinch, the one who stole Christmas, complaining about the noise made by the Whos of Whoville during the Christmas festivities?  I don’t know if that grinch were autistic, but I can empathize with his complaints about the noise. I’m writingContinue