The Arty Autist

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ALONENESS...

Posted by Jasper Lee on Thursday, October 27, 2016, In : autism 

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On Being The Arty Autist...

Posted by Jasper Lee on Thursday, October 8, 2015, In : autism 

Whether a message came from the sun, the moon, the stars, the rain, an animal crossing one’s path, a bird in flight, or a tree one had a rapport with, one could stretch one’s mind, use one’s intuition, and apply that experience to what was going on in everyday life.

We tend to see ancestors of the ancient past as wispy fleeting things, but they are not so wispy and fleeting when they make an impact on your life in the way I experience them.

This is why I do the work I do. I hail f...


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Social Cues? Allow the spectrum to do some tutoring...

Posted by Jasper Lee on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, In : autism 
Social cues are one of the biggest headaches for autistic people. I know. I’ve suffered cryptic, ambiguous, abstract, indirect messaging for years, and haven’t always known how to handle it.

When you discover you have Asperger’s, you can think, ‘Ah, I now know why I’ve had
trouble understanding people, and why they always had trouble understanding me. It’s not
they
who had the problem. It was me all along!’

Problem solved. Or is it?

Working as I’ve done in the arena of perso...


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Patrick Jasper Lee This is where my thoughts, reflections, and dreams receive a little attention.