There’s always a solution to everything: it just takes a while to figure it out” Shawna This podcast episode introduces us to Shawna, from the blog, Thoughts of an Introverted Matriarch. Shawna shares her thoughts with us, in this episode, about writing, discovering her diagnosis of Aspergers later in life, parenting children with autism, and […]
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels I had a friend. I’ll call him Jim (not his real name). We got along well, in the beginning. But over time, I noticed he had a sarcastic edge. He often made jokes, […]
After I graduated college, I felt alone. I lived with my best college friend, and a couple of other roommates. But then my college friend got married, and the other roommates when on their way. I grew up in Brazil, South America, so I didn’t develop some of the social skills needed to build friendships […]
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. — William Shakespeare Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. —Aristotle A few years ago, on a particularly busy night at […]
While reading about some of the social challenges that young people with Aspergers face, I came across a letter written by a young man in a private high school. He wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper. He realized that he was different from his peers, and he was embarrassed that he had […]
