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04 jan 2009 | ASN

Presents and good intentions

Having AS means you need to be sleuthy because we miss things. The whole how-do-you-know-what-you-don't-know thing can really mess with you. I analyze people constantly for scraps of meaning.

04 jan 2009 | ASN

Four days into the new year

I have lived with this for many years with Jesse and he is approaching 19....I still really don't get it....does anyone?

02 jan 2009 | ASN

Watching her fall

Over the past few weeks I have been watching my sweet little girl descend further into herself, her own world, a place I can not seem to follow her to.

30 dec 2008 | ASN

Seeing autism & alternative thinking

Most of us think of abstract as paintings which don't look like anything real, but some of us use what I call an “abstract logarithm” to make sense of the world.

30 dec 2008 | ASN

Hardest things about having AS

Ever since I can remember I have been told off for talking when other people are talking.

29 dec 2008 | Providence Journal

Love Stories: Alex Theriault and Mary Boston

Mary, a teacher assistant at Lincoln High School, has worked with Alex, who has autism, since he was in second grade. “It’s a dance that we do every day,” says Mary.

28 dec 2008 | ASN

Our life so far with our Aspie Child

We still have a LONG way to go, and while I worry about him every single day, I think about the road he's been down. He is a determined child who tries to make the best of everything.

27 dec 2008 | ASN

Manderland & the office party

Each and every one of us has a "world view" -- the way we think things should work or does work. Then there's the actual world we interact with. Man can they be different! Manderland is my world view, see how it compares to yours, and let me know what you think.

21 dec 2008 | ASN

Count your blessings

The story I will tell here is a true one that happened about one year ago and involves a very nice woman who is a community member, a thoughtful friend and a wonderful lady who works with my son. I will call her “B.”

21 dec 2008 | ASN

Gluten-free cookies recepies

Here are a few quick and easy recipes that you and your child can make together.

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