How do we make people want to change? – Lynne Soraya
Over at her Psychology Today blog, Lynne Soraya asks “How do we make people want to change?” For me the answer is “we don’t”. One of the biggest problems I see today is this epidemic of worrying so...
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When does intervention cross the line from helpful to harmful?
As most of you know, I’ve been asking people to boycott Autism Speaks and their major sponsors such as Home Depot and Toys ‘R’ Us. But I want to know in such matters that I’m making the right stand....
View ArticleObesity, disability are not capital offenses
This is unbelievable. The AP story as published here by ABC News begins with these words: “Eric Garner was overweight and in poor health. He was a nuisance to shop owners who complained about him...
View ArticleKilling autistic people A-OK with Facebook
Last night I posted a request to autistic friends and allies to report a Facebook page called “Exterminate all Autistics.” Many did and by the next morning the page had been removed. But earlier in...
View ArticleHa(aspie)ness
Michael asks: What brings you happiness in your life? Well, it isn’t the number 42. In the end it turns out, at least for me, to be what they always say it is – do what you love, in service to others....
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Dealing with depression
I spend a lot of online time in communities of autistic people and, this being the holiday season, lately there have been a few people in crisis posting to the forums. As an Aspergian I always...
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Just say “no” to hate
Chef Arnold Abbott made the news for refusing to stop feeding the homeless despite multiple arrests because in Fort Lauderdale, Florida feeding the homeless is illegal. In Florida it is the homeless...
View ArticleFriendship, filters and fireworks
What a rough day. My best friend needed some surgery and I agreed to pick him up from the hospital, take him home and stick around until he was able to get around on his own. I was to wait for his...
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Intentcasting…to a roach?
OK, so it’s a robot and not a roach. But it is a robot that *looks* a lot like a roach. Researchers at Bielefeld University are experimenting with emergent behavior on a robot platform they named...
View ArticleOvercoming social anxiety
There are many Aspie groups on Facebook and naturally I’m in a couple of them. The following question showed up in my feed and my response sort of outgrew Facebook. My 18 year old daughter is high...
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Out of my Gourd!
This blog and it’s sister The Odd is Silent are coming soon as a book! I have a request for my author readers and friends. I am trying to learn about the mechanics of publishing books and, as you may...
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Open Letter to Facebook’s Monika Bickert and Justin Osofsky
Monika Bickert, Facebook’s Head of Global Product Policy and Justin Osofsky, their Vice President of Global Operations co-wrote this letter about Facebook’s Community Standards. Among the principles...
View ArticleI hope it’s casual day
Posted on the inside of the front door at my house is a list of all the things I need to remember before heading to the airport. I’m laser focused on some things like computer security, which is good...
View ArticleCan I just be a functioning autistic?
Dani over at Autistic Academic recently posted Why This “High-Functioning” Autistic Really Wishes You’d Shut Up About High-Functioning Autistics. It’s a well reasoned and provocative post that might...
View ArticleWho am us anyway?
The post Why “High Functioning” Autism Is So Challenging over at About.com’s autism section is a more comprehensive and yet more concise write-up of some of the same ideas I’ve covered in past blog...
View ArticleAll that in 5 seconds?
My post Google Male over at The Odd Is Silent is a stream-of-consciousness description of my reaction to a bad Google Voice translation. It’s been polished up a bit and the multiple parallel trains of...
View ArticlePanic room
I traveled to Las Vegas today for the IBM Interconnect conference. It wasn’t even close to being the worst travel day ever. Not even in the bottom 10. But it definitely kicked my butt. I suspect my...
View ArticleWhy I do this
Over at the Autism from a Father’s Point of View blog, today’s post by Stuart Duncan was The day ‘hackers’ told 6 year old autistic children that they should ‘kill yourself’. One of Stuart’s sons is...
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Welcome to the Grand Delusion
Feels like that some days It’s been a hell of a year or so. You may have seen me post from time to time on Facebook about some of the crap that’s gone wrong but in case you missed it, there have been...
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An autistic rules the world (and vice-versa)
Earlier tonight I asked my wife a if she needed anything from me before she went to bed. She was brushing her teeth at the time and gave me a thumbs-up gesture which I took to mean “No, I’m good.” I...
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