E-Mail From Aunt Accidentally Opened
“Maybe it was the hangover or my roommate distracting me,” said Petersen, who, after realizing the roughly 17 different attachments had begun slowly loading despite her objections, passed the time scrolling through the two pages of addresses the message had previously been forwarded to. “The multicolored fonts, the smiley faces, the […]

Dr. Harvey Karp, author of “The Happiest Baby on the Block”, says it’s all about understanding their psychology:
For instance, a toddler throwing a tantrum over a cookie might wail, “I want it. I want it. I want cookie now.”
Often, a parent will adopt a soothing tone saying, “No, honey, you have to wait until after […]

Another autistic person who has learned how to type gives some insight into her world. Fascinating insights as to what drives people with autism to what would seem to us to be obsessive behavior:

Two fascinating stories about a 13 year old with severe autism who has learned to communicate with the world by typing. Most would write off Carly Fleischman and those like her as “moderately to severely cognitively impaired”, but it turns out on the inside she is like any other young girl, with interests in music, […]

About a year ago, I was undecided as to who I would support for President, and my friend Scott played for me this speech by Barack Obama on the role of religion and tolerance in public discourse. As a former Christian and former Atheist, and as someone who values reason and rationality but also understands […]