Archive for May, 2009

Metaphors, and a leap of logic

I have Anna, one of my regular contributors to thank for this one. A wrote a couple of days ago about how I’m sometimes at a loss for words when I’ve experienced too much sensory input. I used a throw-away metaphor in the article about how my brain goes away and decides whether it needs [...]

A short, but important thought

It’s just occurred to me that if I could spend my whole working day writing about things I’m interested in, I’d be a very happy bunny indeed. I enjoy writing about AS, but I also enjoy writing about more technical things at work. Food for thought for me. If I’m ever going to get myself [...]

The Mother of all Special Interests

Warning: Many of my articles may appear to be a bit unusual to those of you who don’t have an autism spectrum disorder. I do however usually expect those of you with an ASD to understand and empathise with that I’ve got to say, and I trust that you do. Be warned that this article [...]

A lack of words

I get this problem frequently. I run out of words to say. That’s perhaps not quite true, but it sums it up succinctly. What really happens is that I have a busy day, or a perhaps more accurately I have some time with too much sensory input. I need to recover a bit from that [...]

Flashbulb memories

I’ve been wondering on and off for a couple of weeks now about my memory. In particular, I’ve been thinking about how I store information about events that have happened in my life. The scientific name for this type of recall is Episodic Memory. I used to marvel at one of my friends at school, [...]