Blogs
AUTISTIC:
Autchat: Autchat was created to build an online community among autistic and similarly neurodivergent people. The tools we currently use to do this are Twitter and IRC. We seek to highlight and amplify the voices of autistic and similarly neurodivergent people. We maintain an ongoing and developing record of collective community knowledge.
Judy Endow : Judy Endow, MSW is an author and international speaker on a variety of autism-related topics, is part of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Statewide Autism Training Team and a board member of both the Autism Society of America, Wisconsin Chapter and the Autism National Committee. In addition, Judy works for Common Threads Family Resource Center in McFarland, Wisconsin and with Autistic
Global Initiative (AGI), a program of the Autism Research Institute.
Autism Spectrum Explained: Here, two sisters, one on the autism spectrum and the other (relatively) neurotypical, team up to explain autism in an easy to understand manner. We aim to guide even someone with little or no background knowledge of autism all the way up to an advanced level of understanding. We made this website to be beneficial for anyone seeking to understand autism, so no matter your reason for coming, know that this website is made to fit your needs. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Invisible Strings: M Kelter was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of 30. He now writes about life on the Autism Spectrum, focusing on: childhood and adolescent
experiences with mindblindess, depression and what it was like teaching himself to use body language. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Chavisory's Notebook: is a chronicle of my continual astonishment with the world. {People have asked where my blog name comes from, since Googling seems to turn up mainly links back to this blog and not to the original reference…anyhow, Chavisory is a minor character in Keith Donohue’s novel The Stolen Child, which is gorgeous and very, very highly recommended. No infringement of any kind of Donohue’s work is intended.}
Musings of an Aspie: some things about me- I was 42 when I discovered that I have Asperger’s Syndrome. When I visit the zoo, I always leave thinking that maybe I was a primatologist in another life. Or a monkey. I’ve been my own boss since I was 18. Statistics fascinate me. I own three pairs of running shoes and no dress shoes. Somehow I managed to find the one person in 7 billion who understands me and marry him. And stay married for 25 years. The single most frequent response I got from professors: “I never thought of it that way.” Usually followed by a puzzled look and a change in topic. I’m the lone confirmed aspie in a family of NTs.
[FACEBOOK PAGE]
Autistic Speaks; I think, in order to give you a good idea of who I am, I need to tell you two separate things. The first is where I came from. I have always been the quirkiest of quirky kids. No, really. I have more than one person’s share of personality and creativity, and I’m not great at hiding it, so you get a full dose of intensity. I’m absolutely terrible at the whole thing you do when you’re trying to find out if a guy is into you… that game-playing thing? Nope. All me, all the time. Remind me to work on that! [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Autisticook: I write mostly about autism-related stuff, out of an intense desire to share what I’ve learned so far. There are so many misconceptions about what autism is, and how it affects people. Everyone’s experiences are different. I hope I can let others know that they’re not alone. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Autistic Chick: I am dedicated to advocating better supports to make life easier for Autistic people, rather than a cure to just destroy the wiring of our brain. Autistics are an important part of the worldwide community, and we can develop the potential of thousands of people if we choose not to judge by appearances and choose to work with the Autistic person's unique neurology, rather than focusing on what the person is not. I'm completely dedicated to helping people with Autism and other disabilities. Autistics should be able to accomplish and succeed without judgment or oppression. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Aspergers and Me: The basics – I am an adult woman on the autism spectrum, diagnosed as an adult. I wrote about my journey to getting the diagnosis here, so I do not feel the need to get into it again. Suffice to say, getting that diagnosis answered a LOT of questions I had about myself, and really helped me on my overall journey towards happiness and self acceptance. Since I like to write and I apparently have things I want to say, I started this blog shortly after getting diagnosed. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: As an autistic, I implore you: Ask us what we want. Ask us what we need. Ask us what it is to be us. I can't answer "what's it like to be autistic", because I have been nothing else, but I can tell you what I am experiencing. I can tell you that I cannot tell the difference between pain and nausea consistently, I can tell you that I discovered dizziness recently and it fills me with as much joy as flying, I can tell you what my eyes see when I look where you're looking, I can tell you what your words mean to me.[FACEBOOK PAGE]
Real Social Skills: This is a blog about people. It’s about how interaction between people works. There are a few major themes that tend to come up a lot, but I also write about other stuff....I’m an autistic adult who has been thinking about these issues for a long time. In recent years, I’ve been finding the words to describe some of what I see, so I’m sharing some of them here. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
NON-AUTISTIC PARENTS/PROFESSIONALS:
A Diary of a Mom: Hi, I’m Jess. My husband, *Luau* and I have two beautiful daughters – our twelve year-old, *Katie* is an utterly fabulous, compassionate, generous, creative, loving seventh grader who for the life of her can’t seem to remember where she put .. well .. anything. Her little sister, *Brooke*, ten, is an affectionate, talented, hilarious, autistic fifth grader. I will be forever grateful to Brooke for unwittingly breaking my insular little world wide open. For allowing me — nay, forcing me — to see the beauty of difference, the light and color and startling depth of dimension in the full range of the human spectrum. For giving me the gift of a life well-lived thanks to the variety and the quality of the people in it. I owe her — and autism — more than I can ever begin to repay. Above all, I am proud beyond my wildest dreams of my girls and I thank God every day for blessing me beyond measure with this incredible life. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Emma's Hope Book: is a blog written by Emma and her parents, Ariane Zurcher and Richard Long. It began as a document of what her parents thought to be true, but Emma has changed all that. Emma’s Hope Book is where Emma publishes her short stories, poems, insights, and opinions, particularly about autism. Emma recently wrote, “my mind talks heavy thoughts, but my mouth talks silliness.” Emma writes by pointing to letters on a letter board and wishes people would “listen to my writing voice, but they listen to my talking voice instead.” Emma says her written words reflect what she intends to say better than when she attempts to speak. Emma’s writing has changed everything her parents once believed and were told. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
PLEASE visit this post: RESOURCES from Emma's Hope Book - an AMAZING list of resources!
Outrunning the Storm: Mommy of two five year old boys, one on the spectrum and one not. Here are our journeys; crazy, maddening, hilarious, and painful just trying to stay one step ahead of the storm.
Respectfully Connected: is a group blogging project celebrating neurodiversity in families. Authors of this blog come from a wide range of backgrounds and between them have an enormous amount of parenting experience. They all share a desire to parent in a way that both models and facilitates respect and connection, and that values all kinds of diversity. The authors of this blog also share the experience of being part of neurodivergent families.
Autchat: Autchat was created to build an online community among autistic and similarly neurodivergent people. The tools we currently use to do this are Twitter and IRC. We seek to highlight and amplify the voices of autistic and similarly neurodivergent people. We maintain an ongoing and developing record of collective community knowledge.
Judy Endow : Judy Endow, MSW is an author and international speaker on a variety of autism-related topics, is part of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Statewide Autism Training Team and a board member of both the Autism Society of America, Wisconsin Chapter and the Autism National Committee. In addition, Judy works for Common Threads Family Resource Center in McFarland, Wisconsin and with Autistic
Global Initiative (AGI), a program of the Autism Research Institute.
Autism Spectrum Explained: Here, two sisters, one on the autism spectrum and the other (relatively) neurotypical, team up to explain autism in an easy to understand manner. We aim to guide even someone with little or no background knowledge of autism all the way up to an advanced level of understanding. We made this website to be beneficial for anyone seeking to understand autism, so no matter your reason for coming, know that this website is made to fit your needs. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Invisible Strings: M Kelter was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of 30. He now writes about life on the Autism Spectrum, focusing on: childhood and adolescent
experiences with mindblindess, depression and what it was like teaching himself to use body language. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Chavisory's Notebook: is a chronicle of my continual astonishment with the world. {People have asked where my blog name comes from, since Googling seems to turn up mainly links back to this blog and not to the original reference…anyhow, Chavisory is a minor character in Keith Donohue’s novel The Stolen Child, which is gorgeous and very, very highly recommended. No infringement of any kind of Donohue’s work is intended.}
Musings of an Aspie: some things about me- I was 42 when I discovered that I have Asperger’s Syndrome. When I visit the zoo, I always leave thinking that maybe I was a primatologist in another life. Or a monkey. I’ve been my own boss since I was 18. Statistics fascinate me. I own three pairs of running shoes and no dress shoes. Somehow I managed to find the one person in 7 billion who understands me and marry him. And stay married for 25 years. The single most frequent response I got from professors: “I never thought of it that way.” Usually followed by a puzzled look and a change in topic. I’m the lone confirmed aspie in a family of NTs.
[FACEBOOK PAGE]
Autistic Speaks; I think, in order to give you a good idea of who I am, I need to tell you two separate things. The first is where I came from. I have always been the quirkiest of quirky kids. No, really. I have more than one person’s share of personality and creativity, and I’m not great at hiding it, so you get a full dose of intensity. I’m absolutely terrible at the whole thing you do when you’re trying to find out if a guy is into you… that game-playing thing? Nope. All me, all the time. Remind me to work on that! [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Autisticook: I write mostly about autism-related stuff, out of an intense desire to share what I’ve learned so far. There are so many misconceptions about what autism is, and how it affects people. Everyone’s experiences are different. I hope I can let others know that they’re not alone. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Autistic Chick: I am dedicated to advocating better supports to make life easier for Autistic people, rather than a cure to just destroy the wiring of our brain. Autistics are an important part of the worldwide community, and we can develop the potential of thousands of people if we choose not to judge by appearances and choose to work with the Autistic person's unique neurology, rather than focusing on what the person is not. I'm completely dedicated to helping people with Autism and other disabilities. Autistics should be able to accomplish and succeed without judgment or oppression. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Aspergers and Me: The basics – I am an adult woman on the autism spectrum, diagnosed as an adult. I wrote about my journey to getting the diagnosis here, so I do not feel the need to get into it again. Suffice to say, getting that diagnosis answered a LOT of questions I had about myself, and really helped me on my overall journey towards happiness and self acceptance. Since I like to write and I apparently have things I want to say, I started this blog shortly after getting diagnosed. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: As an autistic, I implore you: Ask us what we want. Ask us what we need. Ask us what it is to be us. I can't answer "what's it like to be autistic", because I have been nothing else, but I can tell you what I am experiencing. I can tell you that I cannot tell the difference between pain and nausea consistently, I can tell you that I discovered dizziness recently and it fills me with as much joy as flying, I can tell you what my eyes see when I look where you're looking, I can tell you what your words mean to me.[FACEBOOK PAGE]
Real Social Skills: This is a blog about people. It’s about how interaction between people works. There are a few major themes that tend to come up a lot, but I also write about other stuff....I’m an autistic adult who has been thinking about these issues for a long time. In recent years, I’ve been finding the words to describe some of what I see, so I’m sharing some of them here. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
NON-AUTISTIC PARENTS/PROFESSIONALS:
A Diary of a Mom: Hi, I’m Jess. My husband, *Luau* and I have two beautiful daughters – our twelve year-old, *Katie* is an utterly fabulous, compassionate, generous, creative, loving seventh grader who for the life of her can’t seem to remember where she put .. well .. anything. Her little sister, *Brooke*, ten, is an affectionate, talented, hilarious, autistic fifth grader. I will be forever grateful to Brooke for unwittingly breaking my insular little world wide open. For allowing me — nay, forcing me — to see the beauty of difference, the light and color and startling depth of dimension in the full range of the human spectrum. For giving me the gift of a life well-lived thanks to the variety and the quality of the people in it. I owe her — and autism — more than I can ever begin to repay. Above all, I am proud beyond my wildest dreams of my girls and I thank God every day for blessing me beyond measure with this incredible life. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
Emma's Hope Book: is a blog written by Emma and her parents, Ariane Zurcher and Richard Long. It began as a document of what her parents thought to be true, but Emma has changed all that. Emma’s Hope Book is where Emma publishes her short stories, poems, insights, and opinions, particularly about autism. Emma recently wrote, “my mind talks heavy thoughts, but my mouth talks silliness.” Emma writes by pointing to letters on a letter board and wishes people would “listen to my writing voice, but they listen to my talking voice instead.” Emma says her written words reflect what she intends to say better than when she attempts to speak. Emma’s writing has changed everything her parents once believed and were told. [FACEBOOK PAGE]
PLEASE visit this post: RESOURCES from Emma's Hope Book - an AMAZING list of resources!
Outrunning the Storm: Mommy of two five year old boys, one on the spectrum and one not. Here are our journeys; crazy, maddening, hilarious, and painful just trying to stay one step ahead of the storm.
Respectfully Connected: is a group blogging project celebrating neurodiversity in families. Authors of this blog come from a wide range of backgrounds and between them have an enormous amount of parenting experience. They all share a desire to parent in a way that both models and facilitates respect and connection, and that values all kinds of diversity. The authors of this blog also share the experience of being part of neurodivergent families.