From the category archives:

My Experience

Women with Autism, Asperger’s, Menopause, and Hot Flashes

March 12, 2010

We Aspie and Autti women unite in the common cause of our uniqueness and our group understanding.  Last month I became officially a member of the tribe of all women.  In three to five seconds each, I bonded in mutual understanding with over 100 women.
We had a booth at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show [...]

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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 me [...]

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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 me.
I [...]

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Greener than my beer from the 360 degree noises

March 18, 2009

That’s how I felt last night at the neighborhood bar celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
A cat will turn its ears toward a sound.  If there are too many sounds, the cat looks scared and will run away.  I’m like the cat when it comes to sound because it’s like my ears are turning toward each sound, [...]

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