Question for you all.... has anyone here tried Kava Kava root...I have tried it once and the one time i tried it my boyfriend said that i was much more "put together" so to speak and not as "excitable"... I am tempted to try it again (it is a 100% legal root that you can get at  places like whole foods in their supplements section)...  I am also ( Read more... )

I have a number of Aspie or Aspie-like friends, and occasionally one of them has a meltdown (don't we all?). I'm never sure how to treat them. As I think about it, I'm not exactly sure how I want to be treated during or after a meltdown ( Read more... )

So, most of this entry will be behind a cut because I am not certain that it is acceptable to post in this forum. I just want to mention and honor a neurotypical friend of mine who has done so much for me and my process of becoming okay with myself as a neurodiverse person. He has helped me to grow, cope and ultimately flourish and I want to help ( Read more... )

I think I've posted here a few times before, but it's been a while and I'm mostly just lurking from time to time. At this point I have a huge favour to ask you people-- it's actually a small favour I suppose, but it's pretty huge to me ( Read more... )

I wasn't a crappy activist today! :D

I was in a room at school, when a teacher was talking to another one. She said briefly "The back of my hair looks so retarded today" and I caught it. It took me a second to realize a teacher had said it ( Read more... )

This was directed at friends that have expressed concerns that I might let my autism diagnosis define me. And I felt it might be of interest here as well. Abridged, as I removed sections that were specific for the friends I was posting for, and length. mostly length.

( still a bit long )

I have a report to write for psychology 101, and I am thinking of doing it on the link between Genius and Autism seeing as how the world's greatest minds have pretty much all been posthumously diagnosed with Asperger's. I am finding articles here or there, but most say exactly the same thing in different wording: Great minds like Einstein and ( Read more... )

So I just got back from my Asperger's evaluation. I met all the diagnostic criteria for Asperger's but also the diagnostic disqualifier -- any delay in speech development ( Read more... )

So the original plan was hopefully getting a diagnosis April 6th, as that's the start of spring break for me. This semester I've really tried to get myself on track in school, and part of that being a flexible goal of not missing a day ( Read more... )

Hi - I don't post a lot, but I do try to watch. I'm kind of shy online, but I'm pretty outgoing (if I'm in a good mood) in person. I'm trying to get more into autism rights and I've even tried to write a flier that I might try to print out and stick up on several places. (I might post it here if people seem interested - it's about why people ( Read more... )