AStrangerInGodzone

1) After I wrote my recent post on The Autistic Label and Identity, a friend commented that she was “ all for embracing or claiming our labe...

Another reason I suspect many on the spectrum reject the ‘label’ of autism, is because of the association with ‘disability’. Much of the lit...

Lately I’ve heard a lot of autistics say they ‘don’t want to be labelled’, that they dislike labels. A lot of people seem to see a label ...

I said in a previous post that we need to invent a new language for ourselves. I feel we are in particular need of two new words – words w...

It’s time to change the negative image of autism. We see it everywhere – anywhere autism is mentioned you can almost guarantee, if it’s n...

One thing which has been on many aspies’ minds as a result of the Arie case is the need for police and other ‘first responder’ training in...

It’s said that every cloud has a silver lining. Just last year, at an aspie gathering, we were talking about how we on the spectrum have bee...