We are an Alexa household. We have no less than 4 of the Amazon Echo devices - count them - 4 - one in the living room, one in our bedroom, one in our son's ...

I have started exploring some of the local resources designed for adults with Autism. One very helpful group I have found is a "Women with Autism" support gr...

There is still a lot of misinformation out in the world about Autism, ranging from benign to hurtful to quite dangerous. One of the misinformed ideas that ho...

My daughter was born last month, at 4:41am on August 25, 4 days after her due date. The running joke is that she wanted to be a Virgo, like me, rather than t...

In May, I wrote on this blog about my decision to pursue a diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder, and what that meant to me. Was I locking myself into a cag...

Being pregnant is both challenging and rewarding for any woman. Everyone will have their own experiences. As my due date approaches this month, I wanted to d...

The other day, I saw a plea for help online from a concerned mother of a young man with Autism. In essence, her son, in his early 20s, was still living at ho...

One of the most commonly cited differences associated with ASD/Autism Spectrum Disorder is “sensory issues.” But what are “sensory issues?” Understood.org, a...

This book by Ashley Stanford (pen name) has been transformative for me in how I understand and interact with my neurotypical husband. The book is written to ...

We recently stumbled across a new show on HBO called On Tour with Aspergers Are Us, which is about a group of young men who have Autism Spectrum Disorder who...

I (aka, my husband =D) recently came across this website - The Aspergian: A Neurodivergent Collective. I found it highly engaging, full of current discourse,...

One of the most common things people are asking me now that I am talking openly about having Asperger’s is: “Where are you on the spectrum?” This is a perfec...

There is no doubt that, in general, different genders experience Autism uniquely. It is also true that gender in itself is a fulsome topic, encompassing both...

I stumbled across Laura James’ book while I was doing some research on adult Autism for work. By this time in my life, I had suspected on-and-off for many ye...

For a long time I have been grappling with the decision of whether or not to pursue an official diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Besides the many compl...

I very recently learned (and this is surprising, considering I am over 30) that people establish real, tangible emotional connection with one another through...

This is an ENORMOUS topic. In fact, it is one of the main points of this whole blog - to explore what Asperger's/Autism means to me, and to others who share ...

Hello! My name is Sarah. I’m a cis-gender woman, parent, and professional, and at age 31, I was diagnosed with what used to be referred to as Asperger’s Synd...