Welcome Aboard
When the concept of autism touches your family for the first time, there's a period of adjustment and sometimes there can be some extreme reactions. This page aims to guide you through those early days.
A Door to Advocacy and Leadership for Asperger’s and a Special Kind of Fame
(September 2010)
This was the first article I wrote for Special-Ism. It's about how autism changed our lives - for the better.
So, your child has Asperger's or Autism (Part 1)
(May 2010)
This article is about acceptance, positive-parenting, listening, environmental and parental factors - and advocacy.
So, your child has Asperger's or Autism (Part 2)
(May 2010)
This article is about school, and IEPs, it also covers speech and occupational therapy, finding better support groups and staying away from crackpot ideas, medications and co-conditions.
We're all looking for role models and unfortunately, most of the time, we're looking for people we've heard of.
This page contains two lists, one list of absolutely confirmed people and a list of suspected people.
The Labels of Asperger's, autism and ASD
(February 2008)
(April 2009)
(May 2009)
What is Asperger's (and Autism) - My Perspective
This is a series of four articles that I wrote back in 2010 looking at key aspects of autism.
(January 2010)
(January 2010)
(January 2010)
(January 2010)
Other General Articles
(February 2015)
If you love someone who might have Asperger's syndrome, should you tell them?
(October 2016)