i now tell people that i’m deaf. this seems to work better.

i am a designer, and a significant portion of my job is sending print jobs to outside printers. this involves job analysis, pricing, quotes, pre-press, taking care of technical issues of the print process, dealing with their sales people, etc.
i had a problem with the printer i used for a job last month (really [...]

Read Full Post »

the breakdown of a relationship between a neurotypical and an aspie

this was something i wrote 4-5 years ago, when i had just discovered i had asperger’s. i’d come out, disastrously, of a year long relationship, and then a year of not broken up-enough, when the entire relationship, despite the talents and what i have to offer in me, and her understanding and love, our [...]

Read Full Post »

having a healthy sense of boundaries

something i’m currently researching. this is one of those google searches where you find yourself wading thru a lot of “embrace the child inside” sites that, if you’re me, you want to immediately skip over. here are sites i found that were readable:
Building Healthy Boundaries
Personal Boundaries and Healthy Relationships
Setting Healthy Work-Life Boundaries
do people [...]

Read Full Post »

comic strips for people with autism, aspies

the post i’d written yesterday, about asperger’s syndrome in plain english, had a comment from a woman who mentioned that she found her son, like me, had a hard time being given vague instructions, instead it worked better if she explained exactly what he needed to do. also if she left notes for him, [...]

Read Full Post »

about asperger’s syndrome, in plain english

i was having a harder time than normal functioning on saturday, and hung out with a friend despite this fact. having a hard time navigating in my head choices regarding what to do, planning, i was breaking down, cuz i was really tired. we had a bit of an impasse resulting from this, [...]

Read Full Post »