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As a person with autism, making friends has never been easy. Autism is very much a social disability. Throughout my youth, friends were frequently people around my age who were made for me by my parents. My odd social quirks frequently alienated people I spent time with regularly. As a result, classmates were very rarely [...]
The other day my coworker approached me in my cubicle with a Lysol bottle and paper towels in hand. I thought she was coming to wipe down my desk, which is actually pretty tidy, but she had her sight set on something else: my wheelchair. Apparently it was filthy. And frankly I hadn't cared to [...]
One of my least favorite qualities in people is doubt. There's always someone there to tell you that you can't do something or that it would never happen. Me on the other hand, I like to show people that they're wrong and that I CAN do it. Just because you add some wheels to the [...]
