Autistic Artist

Gluten Free Goodies

Living Gluten-Free for Dummies is Danna Korn's new book giving tips and techniques for those of us with celiac disease and other related conditions. Danna Korn is certainly the gluten-free cheerleader extraordinaire.

And Now for Something Fun

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I am Gregory Benford,

a master literary stylist who is also a working scientist.

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Many writings about asperger syndrome point out that, as children, we read little fiction.

Well, when I was a kid I read tons of fiction. My grandmother said I always had my nose in a book. I also read lots of nonfiction. But fiction was definitely my favorite as a child.

Of course, there's one kind of fiction some asperger kids are known to like immensely. Can you guess?

The Daily Life

Marla's comment here on my site gave me a lot to think about.

I don't know about where you live, but where I live, the cult of positive thinking is required. Even a hint that one may be sad or that one is criticizing (no matter how justified) can be seen as "negative" and is to be shunned or avoided in public, even among friends and relatives.

I've tried to keep this blog positive, because, as we say in Calfornese: "nobody wants a downer."

But the fact of the matter is that no one can talk about Asperger syndrome and autism without pointing out that many of us, maybe even most of us, do have great difficulties just getting through each day. What is routine for those of you who are not autistic or disabled can be insurmountable for those of us who are. And since Asperger's Syndrome is an invisible disability many around us think we are doing just fine. But that is so far from the facts.

Gluten Free

Guess what? I have coffee back in my diet! YAY!

I was desperate not to feel so sick anymore. So I've started a new way of eating.

I've gone gluten free.

In 2007

Moping around is not an exaggeration. This was by far one of the most difficult holiday seasons I've ever experienced.

I've had too many changes in the past year. I think the enormity of all has finally hit me. I feel like I've been knocked down.

Suicide and Asperger's Syndrome in the News

Nikki Bacharach, daughter of two artists, Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, committed suicide yesterday. The news stories say that Aspergers was the reason she took her own life.

Laurence has written an interesting entry in his blog regarding the news story with some observations with which I generally agree.

However, one can hope that this tragedy will bring Asperger Syndrome, and the difficulties those of us who have it, to greater public recognition ultimately in a more helpful way than how it is currently being reported.