Asperger's,Autism Spectrum Disorder

Facial Expressions

This time I want to talk about facial expressions. It’s something that most people do intuitively, I am told, and interpreting the facial expressions of others is equally intuitive. Not to me, though. It may come as a surprise to you, but I didn’t even know that I couldn’t read facial expressions until I was a teenager. When I was …

Asperger's,Autism Spectrum Disorder

Skill vs. Talent

If you had to choose, would you choose to have an inborn talent or developed a skill yourself? Optimally, I would want both to have been born with an innate talent that I had since developed through hard work making me both talented and skillful. Sadly, I am neither talented nor have I developed a skill to a high level. …

My Life These Days (2023)

My Life These Winter Days

I’ve started this particular post several times and discarded it just as many. I hope this time will be different. It’s been a long time since I talked about how I’ve been doing, but you can probably guess things haven’t been easy – I’ve barely posted anything for a year now. It’s not that I’ve not wanted to, because I …