I've been thinking about this for a few days now, but I'm really not getting anywhere with it, so I figured I'd write it out and get it out of my head. Feel free to comment (or not) as you like ( Read more... )

Has anyone here seen the tv program Alphas, on Syfy? It looks like it only ran for 2 seasons, ending last year. I'm only through episode 4 at this point, but I was surprised not only to find one of the main characters was autistic (I usually try to stay pretty on top of portrayal of ASDs on TV), but the whole premise of differently-abled humans ( Read more... )

So angry right now. One of the autism spectrum communities I belong to had a post from a 'concerned parent' who is trying to get some advice on getting her 15 year old daughter on the spectrum to shave her legs and care about fixing her hair. Why, why why for the love of all that is holy would you force someone who has sensory issues to shave their ( Read more... )

I just saw Season 4, Episode 6 (the most recent episode)

One of the children on the show, Max, has Asperger's - it's one of the main storylines in the show actually, it's the whole reason I even started watching: somebody posted to this comm that there was going to be this show with as Assperger's storyline. ( Cut for spoilers, in case you haven't seen it but are following; also background for those who aren't watching the show but want to know what I'm babbling about :) )

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism is a popular autism blog that aims to provide a voice for Autistic self-advocates, and for parents who are trying to do right by their Autistic kids.

One of the blog's editors was recently contacted by a parent whose teenage daughter had just been diagnosed with autism. The daughter was angry, depressed, and ( Read more... )

I've been seeing people, mostly the same people, almost every weekend for at least the past month. Do you ever get that feeling of being overwhelmed with people? I wonder if there's a word to describe this? I always think of it as "the opposite of loneliness ( Read more... )

So i was on the bus going home, i took a later one (got on at 4:45 got home at like 5:50) so it was was packed. I was standing the entire way because i had orignally gotten up so this old guy could sit down. (you're supposed to give up the front seats for old people.) I continued standing (and turned down a few peoples offers to have their seats.) ( Read more... )

My roomates and my ra (who lives in the same apartment.) thinks i'm the biggest bitch in the entire world. Why? Because i do what they tell me to (like clean.) but not with the urgency that they expect. My ra keeps yelling at me because whenever she asks me to clean my room i say i will and then continue sitting. Even if i do tell her 'Okay i'll ( Read more... )

For those who might remember, I am autisticchessie. I decided to move to this journal because it was much easier for me instead of worrying and also forgetting about both journals. This one is a paid account and my dad still pays for it as an automatic payment so I need to keep using it ( Read more... )

(Cross-posted to autism. Or at least, I posted a similar entry there two years ago; is that still cross-posting ( Read more... )