Whizdum from the Master
Things are getting very tough all over, and a lot of
different groups are pitching in to help others….
Did you hear about the Zen food drive?
Yeah, it’s called “Om nom nom nom…”
Aspie On, Y’all
Master Aspie Dave
I don’t want a funeral. Why are so many autistics introverts, or hate crowds? Because we’re quick learners. Most of us, unless we live a very sheltered life, are expected to interact and play with other kids from a very young age. After age two, or so, this takes an ever darker turn for many of us. We still want to have friends. We still feel the need to be liked. We still want acceptance. Instead, what we find from the other kids is violence and being ostracized. Being around each other is where children learn the unspoken language, body posture, non-verbal clues, status, and for want of a better term, where you are in the pecking order. Autistic kids (at least speaking from my personal experience and the experience of my sons), not only don’t learn this automatically, we usually have no idea it’s going on at all. So we speak out of turn, we violated the status of the high ranking kids on the playground. The reac...
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