autism doesn’t look the same in every child.

27May09

I was wearing my autism awareness pin on my jacket the other day while I was in Andersonville, which is a particularly gay neighborhood.  In case you haven’t seen the autism ribbon, it looks like this:
So after I order my new favorite beverage — a cafe au lait — the guy behind the counter goes, [...]

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hugs.

06Feb09

E-Niner has PDD-NOS, a disorder on the autism spectrum. I’ve always dismissed this particular diagnosis. He meets the criteria because he isn’t great at eye contact, does lots of repetitive behaviors and weird vocalizations.
I’ve always attributed those characteristics to anxiety or sensory processing disorder (also on the autism spectrum), but have not really wanted to [...]

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