Archives for "January, 2010"

Posted by Sandy on 28th January 2010
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Instead Of Nagging…

As many parents and partners know, nagging is of little use when you live with a visually minded person.  Especially one who has hyperlexia.  Maybe my husband noticed the Post Its I was starting to leave for myself?  He started to leave these around the kitchen: 100% effective because they made me laugh.

Posted by Sandy on 27th January 2010
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Why Questions Are An Asset, Not A Nuisance

I just started reading Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin, and although I’m not a rabid follower of his, I feel a huge sense of relief.  I think this line sums up how I felt about my previous job as a teacher in an urban school district: We are surrounded by bureaucrats, note takers, literalists, manual [...]

Posted by Sandy on 20th January 2010
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We Are The World?

I really wonder sometimes about the few autistics who rant and rave about acceptance yet feel free to make overtly racist comments. (For newer readers here, I’m Korean-American.) I get that the whole mind-blindness thing can play a factor.  Is that really what it is? This question was brought up a while back by Turner [...]

Posted by Sandy on 18th January 2010
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Because Going Out Shouldn’t Be So Hard

Dear readers, I need your input.  I have the opportunity to train a group of retailers on how to make shopping and dining out more tolerable for autistics and our friends/family.  As you know, this issue is near and dear to my heart because of the sensory and auditory difficulties I’ve dealt with for so [...]

Posted by Sandy on 15th January 2010
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Need A Moment?

You know those Twix commercials where a person finds him or herself in an awkward situation and breaks out a Twix bar to buy some extra time to think of a response?  It would be so super great if life worked like that.