From the monthly archives:

June 2009

My Autism, Social Training and Twinkling Lights

June 22, 2009

If you are not on the autism spectrum maybe I can help you understand your loved one’s visual detail that brings such delight, but others may not understand. It’s this detail that can bring a difficulty with understanding context, like in social situations. I have a fascination with twinkling light that draws me and pulls [...]

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Fixations, Embarrassment and my Autism

June 3, 2009

I love fixations, and I revel in them.  The world may say, “Do something useful,” “Talk,” or “We’re doing this now,” but it is deliriously heavenly to fixate. I fixated on a draping palm tree when I was in San Francisco with my mum last year.  Staring up into that tree was wondrous.  The randomness [...]

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Change is Difficult for me–a Person with Autism

June 1, 2009

My 19-year-old daughter is leaving the nest.  My son went to live with Dad for his high school years.  I’m moving in with my long-time boyfriend.  And, I started my weighted blanket business. I imagine change like this would be difficult for anyone.  Since I have High-Functioning Autism, it is doubly, triply, quadruply difficult for [...]

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