Someone I Know Has Autism

The Music Within His Body

There’s something on my mind lately; a knot I’ve been trying to untangle. I thought maybe we could talk about it. Stimming. You know, stimming? The way my 12-year old son Jack jumps and hops and grunts at least, oh, I don’t know, fifty times a day? Stimming is short for self-stimulation, or the repetition […]

From Where I Sit

Carrie Cariello 3

Dear Carrie, I know things—things you think I cannot possibly know. I know whether or not Trump becomes President, and who won the 2025 World Series, and how many children Prince William has with Kate Middleton. I know which team won the Super Bowl in 2036, although I didn’t pay too much attention to the […]

This Girl

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A lot of times people write and tell me they cry when they read my posts. I never cry when I read my own work. I think this is mostly because I have some kind of emotional problem and I hate to cry. Also it’s probably because by the time I publish a piece, I’ve […]