Definitions that maim and shame
First a pat on the back.
Reading and browsing through social media and the web in the last few days I am pleased to congratulate Dictionary.Com for their inclusion of the term
Rochelle Johnson-Vestjens
Autistic it’s not just a word it’s an identity.
Still we need to say it. Again and again we need to say it. Over and over we have to say it. It’s something that should not be. It should not be
ASD Three Little Letters
Listen to our voice
The autistic voice
allow its tones and registers
to make their mark
to say resoundingly
we are different, yes.
different not less.
Definitely different.
Definitely not less
ASD they
Not Prosopagnosia but…
If you’ve read the previous post you will know that I spent a couple of days at University of Queensland doing some neuropsych testing. It was a very intensive and exhaustive experience.
Let the Testing Begin
In a dorm room in a University College late on a Monday evening I reflect on a day that has probably had a little bit of everything in it.
My daughter sleeps in