Oct 12
This has gotten a lot of play since Steve Jobs died. You can also hear the text read in Steve’s own voice in this very moving tribute ceremony. His reading happens about 12 minutes into the video. I’ve not seen anyone say they think Jobs was autistic, so I’ll say it. He did “think different” …
Sep 30
Not that we have a monopoly on this kind of delusion! Still, based on my own experience and conversations with fellow autistics, it seems clear to me that, to an unusual degree, we really do expect the world to know what we are thinking.
Sep 29
Sometimes I think every New Yorker cartoonist must be Aspergerian. Even so, I guess their humor must be universally appealing. Here’s a great vignette of an Aspergerian quandary. We really do benefit from receiving explicit instructions!
Aug 28
8 AM 28 August 2011 Amazingly, I still have power. I don’t expect that to last, and have plenty of snacks, books, and magazines on hand! Just went out to feed the horses. They were not in their shed, but sheltering under a large spruce. As I approached, 3 deer behind them saw me, and …
Jul 14
Social Integration in the Workplace Autistic Individuals Face Special Challenges and also have Special Abilities Remarks and Information Prepared for Job Counselors of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) July 25, 2011 NB: this is a work in progress, and is not to be quoted. Your comments and suggestions are welcome and invited. …
Jul 12
Today, I am in mourning for my friend Lori, on this, the third anniversary of her Memorial Service. Here is a short photo-essay that I did at the time. I am also mourning the presumed loss of her cat, Taffy, who has been living at my house for the past three years. I last saw …
Jul 08
One reaction among liberals to the Bush years and to Iraq was to retreat from “idealism” toward “realism,” in which the United States would act cautiously and, above all, according to national interest rather than moral imperatives. The debate is rooted in the country’s early history. American, John Quincy Adams argued, “does not go abroad …
