Of all the things I like to talk about on this blog, I think family is one of my most favorite things. I’ve written before about my mom, my dad, and my dad’s mom. But it just occurred to me this week that I never got around to talking about my brother, Braden. Today, I …
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The Power of Piano
My mother is, in many ways, the Platonic ideal of the modern suburban housewife. For years, she was the “stay-at-home” mom that participated in PTA meetings and whose life revolved around her children. To call her a “helicopter mom” would only be a slight exaggeration. Like most modern parents, she kept herself busy taking care …
Autism and Social Distance
Note: This article was written on March 23, 2020. Social rules don’t really make sense when you stop and think about them for five minutes. What people take to be “rude” or “polite,” what kind of manners you’re supposed to have at the table, what you’re allowed to say… there is rarely any rhyme or …
Ten Things I Wish People Knew About Me (As a Person with Autism)
At the age of three, I was diagnosed with a condition known as Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). It sounds like a made-up disorder, but it’s actually a form of autism. “Atypical autism,” to be exact. Though some of the stereotypically autistic behaviors associated with atypical autism tend to be milder compared …
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