Archive for the ‘health’ Category
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
As an autistic person, Gabriel likes to ask the same question repeatedly over the course of many minutes, hours, and days. This is most noticeable when the answer doesn’t change. One summer, 2007 or perhaps 2008, was punctuated by his request for a set of three toy sharks for Christmas ...
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
Talking to someone on the autism spectrum can be like talking to a genius for whom English is a second language. The way Gabriel turns a phrase usually is the correct way; and when it's not, it should be.
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Autism might be a magnification of tendencies we all share. We're labeled autistic when we do not limit certain behaviors that all people have. We're mainstreamed when we learn to limit the behaviors.
Obsession is just one of the autistic behaviors I've seen, for example in Gabriel's passion ...
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
"Pain is completely subjective. It is whatever the patient says it is."
- Nursing textbook
I don't want to say what the pain is
- sheets of acid raining down my skull
- glass shards slicing tendons pre-seared by red heat
- icicle, tearing gobbets from my now-dry tongue
- the persistent pulse of a now-hated ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Thankfully, autism hasn't prevented Gabe from understanding tone of voice and body language. As a talk got serious with Grandma Connie this weekend, Gabe decided, “We have to go see Santa now.” Over and over.
He'll be a fine peacekeeper when he learns subtlety.
Alas, due to a mixup, he didn't get ...
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