I’m going to try and keep this short. Can I possibly do that? Hmmmm… let’s see. Must get this out of my mind…. before the sharpness of the detailed emotion I am feeling from today … will somehow become softer, less vivid and less impactful. We take Noah to Wenatchee almost every Wednesday for one hour […]

This article is part of the Faking Normal series written by an adult with Autism who hopes to demystify Autism and help readers understand themselves or their children better.

Parents of my patients tell me that haircuts, blood draws, and dental visits can be some of the most challenging experiences for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The underlying themes here are unfamiliarity, unpredictability, and physical invasiveness. I don’t have a lot of experience trying to get a child to sit for a haircut or […]

Companies are discovering the untapped brain power of a group long thought ill suited to the office: adults on the autistic spectrum. Joshua Kendall, author of America’s Obsessivesreports on one Danish man’s mission to employ the seemingly unemployable—and successful famous obsessives (think Jefferson and Heinz) in American history.   A decade ago, Thorkil Sonne, a telecommunications […]