This is the story of how I was assaulted and given a concussion by members of the Lehigh Valley Tea Party on February 3, 2022. They never told me why, but I had been invited to the event and was attacked shortly after one of the members saw one of my Salon articles.... Read Original Article
Published: Sweet Tooth Nothings (September 25, 2016), The Good Men Project (September 27, 2016)
Yes, you read that correctly. This is a sincere tribute to junk food, as written for the blog of a certifiable health nut (looking at you, Ariel).
I offer this without apology and only a modicum of regret.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (July 21, 2016)
I feel like answering a question I’m often asked about one type of article I like to write… in no small part because I am myself curious about the answer.
It’s been more than three years since I first started writing about my experiences as someone with Asperger’s Syndrome.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (July 19, 2016)
The following article was first written on my personal blog more than six years ago. Upon rediscovering it, I knew I had to publish it here.
If there was ever a moment when I wished I had a camera, it was last Friday, when I found myself emotionally bonding with an unkempt bovine named Chief at the Turtleback Zoo in Livingston, NJ.... Read Original Article
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 the physically abled – but an equivalent is possible when it comes to social interactions.... Read Original Article
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. It’s just that those of us with high-functioning autism—or Asperger’s Syndrome in my case—struggle every day with your seemingly illogical behavior.