NBC has a show with an Aspie kid in it. The show’s called Parenthood. We can get it here in Canada on CityTV, which is probably why I’ve never seen it because I don’t watch City. I came across the show’s website while reading someone’s blog. Interesting, I thought. So I clicked to watch a [...]
March 30, 2009
I’m starting to wonder if the whole concept of school is a bit like a rotary dial telephones. Public schooling was developed in the mid 1800s to early 1900s to give reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic to the masses. Most people were farmers, hence the summers off. It was a system where teachers hit kids who [...]
January 27, 2009
Last week, I read Naomi Klein’s new book The Shock Doctrine. This is a book about money in case you haven’t read it. Not a fun read, but it defines disaster capitalism, which is pure-gold insight. One chapter keeps replaying in my mind. It describes how some victims of Katrina went to Thailand last year [...]
January 27, 2009
This past spring, I sent The Sensory Team Handbook to publishers for consideration. Dumb, yes. And I did receive an offer, which I turned down. Long story. Anyway, back in March, my brain still umbilically attached to the printing press, I sent a manuscript (one of several) to a children’s book publisher owned by the [...]
January 25, 2009
Neurodiversity is a new buzzword in autism spectrum circles. It’s part of a movement among autistic and Asperger’s adults to redefine their life. They want people to see them not as problems to be cured, but as human variants to be respected. They’re not missing something — they have something else. Refreshing. After all, we’re [...]
January 20, 2009
I am fascinated by the concept of <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome” target=”_blank”>syndromes</a>. A syndrome is a collection of symptoms that have been bundled together to make it convenient to talk about them. Like Asperger Syndrome. It’s not a <em>thing</em>, really. <blockquote>You: Doctor, I have a sore knee and a crick in my neck. Doctor: Ah, yes. that [...]
November 19, 2010
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