Just a quick note. Twirling…was reviewed and featured at Special Needs Book Review dot com, which I found to be a great resource website for all types of special needs and book information. If you get a few moments, hop over there and check it out! You can read my …
PROBLEM #1: BUS CHANGE Why would you implement a bus change ten days before the end of the school year?? Can someone answer this question for me; is it just to make the last few weeks of school miserable for me? Sometimes I am thinking that is the reason. Friday …
I just did my first radio interview on BlogTalkRadio with Dr. Robert Rose of Rewiring Your Brain. It was a great time, and I would like to thank Robert for inviting me on his show! Being extremely nervous during the interview you will here a lot of my nervous giggling (sorry). When …
An except from Twirling Naked in the Streets and No-One Noticed… Children and adults on the autism spectrum are prone to depression-I certainly am. Research has shown that nearly 65% of people with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome present with symptoms of depression. The depression usually develops in late adolescence and …
Night Terror or Nightmare? Aren’t they the same thing? The simple answer is-no. Nightmares happen during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, during that time where you are in the twilight area of your sleep, on the cusp of being asleep and awake-during light sleep. That same is not so for …
An except from Twirling Naked in the Streets and No-One Noticed… I was born here, and part of me died here. The haunting echoes of my childhood lingered in the halls. I could hear it; run from it. I bit my trembling bottom lip determined to hold back the tears. My …
An except from Twirling Naked in the Streets and No-One Noticed… So why can I not keep my feet underneath me, or apply the correct amount of pressure when lifting an object? Why do I walk into a room like an elephant in a china shop, or send the milk contain …
An except from Twirling Naked in the Streets and No-One Noticed… Childhood was fleeting. I’d entered the adult world, but try as I might to tread water the current continued to pull me under. The world around me was changing—swiftly. Old friends were growing, beginning careers, and starting families while I floundered. …
An except from Twirling Naked in the Streets and No-One Noticed… My first semester at John Jay College of Criminal Justice went as smoothly as I could expect. I had no problems with the academics and had straight A’s across the board-easy peasy. I had thought that the college application …
An except from Twirling Naked in the Streets and No-One Noticed… According to the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), having an “encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus” is a core symptom of AS. I’ve had many special …
