A blog advocating autism through my own personal experiences and insights.

Archive for the ‘Literal/Logical Thinking’ Category

A Need for Structure

If there’s one thing that I would like more of in my life then it would be to have closer friends. This probably won’t come to any surprise to anyone who has been reading this blog and/or has known me for at least the past year or two if not more. My efforts to get [...]

Figurative Interpretation

My parents were driving me up to grad school to the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario a few days ago. Besides being excited at being a graduate student in mathematics at one of the best (if not the best) university for math in Canada, I would like mention an incident that happened on our [...]

Figuring Out the Dating Game Part 2

I will now continue the discussion from my last post, that is, how my autism has impacted my ability to date and find romance. I ended by admitting my ignorance of such matters when I was in junior high and how I didn’t really know what to do when I started developing crushes on girls. [...]

Figuring Out the Dating Game Part 1

Having shared a poem about my difficulties in finding a romantic partner, I would now like to elaborate on the less-than-direct way I’ve been trying to find out how exactly the world of dating works. First off, however, I would like to point out a couple of things. I’m still trying to find my way [...]

A Question of Interpretation

A few nights ago after supper my parents and I hung around the T.V. not watching anything in particular. I asked to see if I could see the guide on the screen to see what was on and to pick something. Dad said no. I kept insisting for a few seconds and he kept on saying [...]

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