Jul 12, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (July 12, 2016) Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had a handicapped parking space? Obviously this can’t happen – the whole point of handicapped spaces is that they provide the physically disabled with closer proximity to buildings than...
Jun 17, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Asperger's Syndrome
Published: Salon (June 17, 2016) There is a Yiddish word, verklempt, that roughly translates as being choked up to the point of near-tears without actually crying. If you grew up with a learning disability or raised a child with one, there are plenty of scenes in...
Jun 8, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Love and Dating
Published: Fusion (June 7, 2016) As someone with autism, I’ve often wondered if there’s anything I can do to make neurotypicals, the name for you folks in the non-autistic community, less unpredictable to myself. I pose this question not as an attack or criticism....
Mar 24, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (March 24, 2016) When my first article was picked up by Mic in February 2012, I thought that my dream of becoming a political columnist had finally started to come true. I wasn’t wrong, but I never anticipated one turn that my career...
Mar 12, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (March 12, 2016) Without question, pursuing a PhD in history was one of the best decisions of my life. Not only has it opened doors in my writing career - which, professionally speaking, is my one true love - but it has allowed me to...
Feb 20, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (February 20, 2016) I've been writing about living with Asperger's Syndrome for more than three years, and during that time I have received a curious response from many readers outside of the HFA (or high-functioning autism) community....
Nov 26, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Bullying, Holiday Season
Published: The Good Men Project (November 26, 2015) On Thanksgiving Day 2015, I am thankful for the following. Growing up, it seemed like everyone rejected me as an oddball. If I didn't correctly read the thoughts and emotions people attempted to communicate through...
Nov 12, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Mental Illness
Published: The Good Men Project (November 12, 2015) I recently discovered some lyrics from a Beatles song that resonated so strongly with me that I needed to include them here. Courtesy of "Eleanor Rigby": Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice In the church where a wedding...
Oct 2, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Bullying, Mental Illness
Published: Asperger's 101 (October 2, 2015) If you are a High Functioning Autistic (HFA), the odds are troublingly high that you also suffer from some form of depression. As someone who suffers from depression myself, I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about how...
Jul 3, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, General Advice
Published: Asperger's 101 (July 3, 2015) As I explained in an editorial for Mic (which I wrote in December 2012, when Asperger’s Syndrome entered the national conversation after unconfirmed rumors circulated that Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter,...