i had issues with malcolm gladwell’s discussion of autism in his “blink” book, though can’t quite pinpoint why. i read thru the book last night, was on the floor of a temporary sublet i’m currently at, picked it up for something to do for the evening.
i think possibly it was his treatment of autism [...]
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the most popular books about asperger’s syndrome
Posted in autism et al, books on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
at librarything.com
was amelia bedelia an aspie?
Posted in autism et al, books, made me laugh on July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
this is cracking me up. a reader today emailed me to say that my description of being asked to clean the living room in my last post reminded her of amelia bedelia. i’d never even heard the name, so i had to look it up.
The books usually deal with Amelia, who is a [...]
asperger’s syndrome and long-term relationships
Posted in autism et al, books, relationships on July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
a year after i’d bought the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime book, i found myself, having moved to boston after breaking up for good with my girlfriend (we’d actually broken up a year and a half before, but we still lived together for quite a while, and it took us a while [...]
the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
Posted in autism et al, books on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
the very first book that made me think: hunh, i wonder if that explains some stuff about me i haven’t been able to easily categorize. i picked the book up at random from the staff recommended shelf at a bookstore in park slope, brooklyn 4 years or so ago. upon reading it, [...]


