Warning: Rant about Religion, Politics, and America

As a person of (imperfect) faith that recognizes his hypocrisy and sinful nature (hope there’s sufficient Grace leftover), I am nonetheless constantly shocked at the lengths to which others of (claimed) faith will go, in support of certain candidates and political policies, in clear contrast of claimed faith principles and practices. Others of (claimed) faith […]

Ablesplaining and Other Conundrums

Found this blogpost helpful and informative Hope you do ass well.

Asperger’s and Relationships: Helpful tips from a fellow blogger

Managing relationships for people with Asperger’s. I found this article helpful. Hope you do as well.

Autism & Anger II: An Epiphany

In a previous post, I reflected on autism and anger that was part catharsis and part effort to feel around in the dark for explanation. Catharsis experienced for a short period, still in the dark fumbling around for an explanation. Until this morning. A link showed up in my Facebook feed to another blog I […]

Being Autistic, Being the Family Dumping Ground

As a child I remeber placing toys, blocks, legos, etc. in rows and columns. Laid out in a manner intelligible to me and precisely in the place accessible during play. I also remember siblings, wanting to participate with me in play, and not knowing that coming into the space where play items had been arranged […]

Autism and Back to School

Within the past week, we have all returned to school — for the first time in nearly seven years. My lovely wife and I to our vocation in education and our children to their elementary school. Our special Aspie is in a new grade and classroom in addition to welcoming his younger sibling to the […]

Eclipsing 2017 Style

Took the kids out of school for an hour, to watch the solar eclipse, today. Special time with them made my day! Thanks, Science. Science Rocks! Fortunately, we did not see this:

Autism and Anger

So, I’m going to share a link to what may be an uncomfortable topic for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Asperger’s Syndrome and their loved ones, friends, acquaintances, work colleagues, children, etc. The link has to do with Autism and Anger. If you are on the spectrum, do read with an open […]

An Aspie View: US Politics, Charlottesville, & Temptation

When counseling my students on how to do college level writing, I discourage the practice of using overly generalized claims as opening sentences to a written piece. My students are further warned against relying on such statements as empirical support for their argument/s being advanced in the textual body of their papers. I am going […]

Thoughts on Autism, Political Hate, and Der Twitler

Have to admit to struggling with a blog post topic this week. Of course, we have experienced a very hectic last two weeks as family came into town to share in and support our special Aspie’s life milestone event. Followed by my lovely wife returning to work after taking the last 5 or 6 years […]

Odd Dad & His Aspie

Experiencing Autism Across Generations