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SmartKnitKids Seamless Socks: Not Just For Kids!

You know what’s a good thing? When a company designs clothing for special sensory needs. You know what’s an even better thing? When that company includes adult sizing in their product line! I knew Smart Knit Kids from Twitter, so when I saw their booth at the ASA conference I had to walk over and [...]

SmartKnitKids Seamless Socks: Not Just For Kids!

Reader Question: Autistic and Going Through Airport Security

My friend wrote to ask if I could give a few tips on travel, especially going through security. This question has special relevance to the autistic community, because many autistic traits can be mistaken for suspicious behavior (avoiding eye contact, not wanting to be touched, refusal to follow directions, escalating into hostility, etc.). What makes [...]

Reader Question: Autistic and Going Through Airport Security

Hugs and Kisses: When Social and Physical Boundaries Collide

Do you ever have that Very Awkward Moment when you greet someone hello or goodbye and you’re pretty sure you only gestured for a hug but they move in for an air or cheek kiss? Or you reach out your hand and they hug you anyway? It’s an awkward situation for anyone, but for someone [...]

Hugs and Kisses: When Social and Physical Boundaries Collide

Autism Society National Conference 2010

I just got back a couple days ago from a short but intense trip to the Autism Society National Conference in Dallas, Texas. Sorry for the blurry photo, but that’s me up there with Jason Ross and Alex Plank along with Michelle Garcia-Winner, who moderated the panel. At some point I also had to speak [...]

Autism Society National Conference 2010

Guest Post: The Biggest Transition – Fatherhood on the Spectrum

One of the ongoing questions I’ve explored since starting this site has been how people on the autism spectrum handle parenting. Robert from Simply Robert became a father recently and shared this beautiful post with us. He and I used to have these conversations about how we valued our personal space and were content with [...]

Guest Post: The Biggest Transition – Fatherhood on the Spectrum

Getting to Yes With Accommodations

Thinking back over the past year, I’ve had some decent success in getting people to say yes to accommodations for myself and others on the spectrum. This is a huge improvement over the past when all I got was no, no, and nada. Most recently there was the judge who went above and beyond accommodating [...]

Getting to Yes With Accommodations

Helpful Blogs – Are You Reading These?

Are there any non-autism-related blogs that shape the way you think about autism? I wanted to share some of the blogs I find invaluable: 1. The Happiness Project First there was the blog, now there’s a book. A few years ago, Gretchen Rubin set out on a project to become happier and blogged about it. [...]

Helpful Blogs – Are You Reading These?

Doing My Civic Duty

For a little over a week, I more or less dropped off the face of the earth to do my civic duty as a juror on a trial. When you have a driver’s license or register to vote, it’s not uncommon to get called in for a day of jury duty but most people never [...]

Doing My Civic Duty

When A Hobby Becomes A Therapy You Can’t Live Without

If you found something that made you feel great and better able to deal with the world, how far would you go to hold on to it? Over the past year or two R has really taken to running, and it wasn’t until he got sidelined by an injury that we realized what it did [...]

When A Hobby Becomes A Therapy You Can’t Live Without

Speaking at ASA Conference

So I’ve been wanting to tell you guys for a while and I think I can now – I’m going to be speaking at the Autism Society (ASA) national conference in Dallas this summer. Alex Plank from Wrong Planet and Jason Ross from Drive Mom Crazy will be on the panel with me, and we’ll [...]

Speaking at ASA Conference