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....
My Unpronounceable Hungarian Last Name
Jan 15, 2016 | Autobiographical, Race and Racism
Published: The Good Men Project (January 14, 2016) Let me tell you something about my last name. Even though it’s spelled “Rozsa,” it is pronounced ‘Roja.’ Being Hungarian, the ‘zs’ is pronounced in the same way that one would articulate an ‘s’ in ‘pleasure’ or...
Living with an Invisible Disability
Dec 31, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice
Published: The Good Men Project (December 31, 2015) This is an article about invisible disabilities... metaphorical as well as literal. As many of my readers already know, I was born with a hand-eye coordination disability that mystifies my neurologists to this day....
Campus protests can go viral in no time–so can the backlash
Nov 27, 2015 | Autobiographical, Civil Liberties, Education, Internet Culture, Millennials
Published: The Daily Dot (November 27, 2015) It’s hard to follow the recent flurry of college protests without being reminded of President Harry S. Truman, who famously said that “there is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” As the media...
Autistic Reflections on Thanksgiving
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...
On Autism and Loneliness
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...
The Work I Dread
Oct 6, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice
Published: The Good Men Project (October 6, 2015) Despite my fear of sounding self-pitying, I want to tell you about my strange relationship with work. It will make me feel better and might help a few of my readers. I'm a chronic workaholic. As I write this, I am a...
An Asperger’s Bill of Rights
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...
Why Everyone Needs A Brains Trust
Sep 17, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice
Published: The Good Men Project (September 17, 2015) It recently occurred to me that there is a special type of friend in my life who I've never really honored. For that matter, I've noticed that although a lot of people have forged these unique relationships, they...
Looking Through ‘Depressing’ Tweets
Aug 8, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice, Mental Illness, Uncategorized
Published: Good Men Project (August 8, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores the latest Twitter trend, #TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs. — For the most part I’m not a big fan of Twitter. Any medium that attempts to condense the human experience into 140 characters is, in my...