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Coming from behind the mask that I had always used to hide my Asperger's Syndrome has been a very freeing thing.  It has given me a new chance at life.  It has cost me much, but at the same time those losses were things burdening me with the mask of social normalcy anyway.  It's interesting to me, that in the months following diagnosis (finally ( Read more... )

Sustainability.  It's been a buzzword in my field for a couple years now.  The academic conferences have, in the last couple years, been dedicating whole sessions to this word.  The research papers have key phrases in the title, like "sustainability:  how to report on corporate social responsibility" or "sustainability and green accounting".   ( Read more... )

A friend of mine with an ASD son read my last jounal post and wondered what questions I might have that I can't get out.  I'm going to make an attempt to answer that today, but my head is an emotionally stormy place right now so I'm not entirely confident in this attempt.  Here we go.  My friend asked:

"What questions do you need to ask?

My oldest ( Read more... )

 According to the laws of physics, the universe is not fond of a vacuum.  I don't like vacuuming, myself, but this isn't about housework--abhorrent as that is.  It's about what you choose to bring with you after cleaning out the bad, the unnecessary and the obsolete.  When you shift stuff out that has been sucking up your attention, your energy, ( Read more... )

 I've got a sick boy today, as the semester begins.  Best laid plans, right?

So, I'm going to take a minute from my unproductiveness and beg for sponsorship.  I'm about to tackle the biggest physical challenge of my life, the AIDS LifeCycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles.  A year ago, I would have laughed myself silly had you suggest I take on ( Read more... )