Category: Traits/Behaviors
Gluten-Free diet for Autism: Gathering Your Thoughts
I was on a gluten-free diet several years ago (2008, I think) for issues unrelated to autism. A friend of ours suggested it because I was (and still am) having stomach issues (IBS), along with neurological concerns, (peripheral neuropathy–tingling, numbness, etc.). Being on that diet, I noticed I almost immediate …
HGTV is Ruining My Life! Specials Interests Run Wild
THIS is how special interests can take over our lives, and over shadowing everything else we need to do! I have been extraordinarily quiet lately because HGTV is ruining my life. I watch it obsessively because I love love love houses, real estate, and space transformations—so much so that I …
Aspie Injustice: It keeps us up at Night
Asperger’s: Lost again, and again, and again? Could it be place-blindness?
I am going to start sharing some Answer.com articles that I write with you all since many times they are based on or inspired by things I do everyday—in this case, getting lost. I have written in the past about being lost in my own town if I have to …
Success: Counting the Costs
I am successful, or am I? What makes me most productive also gets in the way. Some see me and say that I am successful, “look what you have accomplished,” but what they don’t realize is the cost of those “accomplishments.” They cost me, I suspect, more or differently than …
I have issues with keys!
My morning began with my being unable to peel my eyelids open, and walking into the wall (twice). I was so tired. Night before last I didn’t get any sleep at all. I was still up when Hubby left for work because I having a lot of difficulty adjusting to …
Asperger’s and Difficulty in School: Connecting more dots
I can’t read two books at a time, and apparently can’t take two classes at a time either. My mind started to connect the dots… (It does that sometimes) I was originally registered for two classes this semester and began to panic. I need to make up the semester I …