Normal People Scare Me: A Blog About Autism

I prefer 100% cotton baggy pajama bottoms with a t-shirt to well-fitted synthetic fibered pj’s that are too “girly” or matchy-matchy. In fact I prefer that my pj’s don’t match at all. In the spring or Summer I might wear a white cotton chemise or shift, (which makes me feel willowy and sexy,) but rarely [...]

“We’re just not sure what’s wrong with him.” Another so-called expert tells me Taylor has “non-specific developmental delays”; or PDDNOS. Yet another doctor says I am not properly bonding with my son and thus I am at the cause of his tactile defensiveness and emotional distress; a polite way of saying I am a refrigerator [...]