Photo credit: by fabbriciuse on Flickr The ever astute Chatti Patti reminded me in a comment on my last post that I've been blogging for over a year about sex addiction and codependency, but have failed to explain, in general terms, what either is. Sex addiction (also sometimes referred to as sexually compulsive behavior) is [...]
Posts under ‘understanding’
Good Morning America Piece on Neurodiversity
In case you missed it, Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) and Kristina Chew of Autism Vox were featured on Good Morning America piece called "Autistic and Proud." You can watch the video clip or read and comment on the article. I have to say, Diane Sawyer made me roll my eyes [...]
Neurodiversity in the News
Photo credit:by LoreleiRanveig on Flickr Before I started blogging, I'd never heard of the neurodiversity movement, although I'd certainly heard plenty about autism in the mainstream media. It always hurt to hear autism referred to as "devastating" or "brain damage," since my son has always seemed different, not damaged to me. I don't mean to [...]
Change is Hard (Whether You’re an Addict, Alex Barton or an Average Person)
The other day, I told my husband that I wanted to write about behavioral change, but was stuck trying to find an example, he laughed and said, "Tell the d'oh story!" So, at his suggestion, here's a little tale that has reached the status of legend in our household... Way back in the days when [...]
Wendy Portillo’s Side of the Story
Photo credit:Photo by Pikaluk on Flickr A little over a week ago, I posted about Alex Barton, an autistic kindergartener who was voted out of his class. Since then further reports have painted a more detailed picture of what happened in the classroom and Alex's teacher, Wendy Portillo, has spoken out to defend her actions. [...]
Consequences
I've been watching in awe over the past few days as the story about Alex Barton being voted out of his kindergarten class has spread from a small town paper and a few of my favorite blogs straight to the national news. (Update: Even Dr. Phil is getting in on the action.) At issue for [...]
No We Can’t
This is cross-posted at Two Women Blogging. Photo credit:Photo by tgbusill Four years ago, I listened to Obama speak at the Democratic Convention. I listened to him say there were no red states or blue states, just the United States, and I wanted to sing for joy. Here was someone who was speaking my truth. [...]
Laughing, in a Spiritual Way
Photo credit: Photo bylightmatter on Flickr If you have ever been at a Billy Joel concert, you may have seen me. I'd have been the one belting out the lyrics to "Only the Good Die Young" with much intensity and gusto, reaching a feverish crescendo at the line "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than [...]
Just a Routine Checkup
Photo credit: Photo byNick Atkins Photography on Flick A few weeks ago, my son had his annual checkup. Because I am perpetually disorganized, and because insurance only pays for one checkup a year (meaning each must be scheduled at least one year and one day apart), my children's checkups keep moving further and further from [...]
Choices
Finally! My followup on life, the universe and Silda Spitzer's choices.This is also posted at Two Women Blogging. Photo credit: Photo byshadowfax the second on Flickr My husband and I were having a discussion once about life, the universe and everything (not the book, although we've been known to discuss that too, but actual life, [...]
