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I Finally Get It, Ma
Nobody knew much about autism when I was a child.
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Mr. Rogers’ Spirit Lives On
I suspect that most people simply want to be liked just the way they are.
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The Mere Existence of This Makes My Life Complete
Three Cheers for Drag Queen Story Hour!
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Meeting Me Where I Live
Its such a relief to meet someone who understands me.
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Culture Shock
Culture shock has an unwarranted bad reputation.
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Birds of an Entirely Different Feather
You can be odd and still live your life.
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Just the Right Amount of Strange
Have you ever met someone and clicked with them instantly because they’re the same kind of weird that you are? Isn’t it great? It’s such a relief to feel understood and accepted. Recently someone pointed out to me that there’s really no such thing as normal. Good point. I’ve never known anyone who hasn’t felt…
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Even Weeds Belong Somewhere
My whole life, I’ve felt as though I didn’t quite fit in. So much so, that at some point I gave up trying. In fact, these days I seem to have gone to the other end of the bell curve entirely. I kind of delight in being out in left field most of the time.…
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Why Is This One Different?
I have been hearing a lot of people saying that those of us who didn’t vote for Trump need to “get over it,” “quit our whining,” and “move on”. It’s not the first time my person didn’t win. I mean, I’ve lived through Reagan and both of the Bushes, after all. And I did, in…
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Heterodoxy
According to Wikipedia, Heterodoxy in a religious sense means “any opinions or doctrines at variance with an official or orthodox position”. Under this definition, heterodoxy is similar to unorthodoxy, while the adjective “heterodox” could be applied to a dissident. This word has been around since at least the 1650’s. How have I managed to live…