The broad category of restricted and repetitive behaviors in individuals with ASD includes self-stimulatory behavior (e.g., repetitive finger movements, gazing at lights, rocking, toe walking), stereotypical motor behavior (e.g., posturing), preoccupation with objects and activities, insistency with...
One of my children was a few short blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. I remember vividly run-walking through the streets and the West Side Highway to get to her, then running back up those streets when the police told us that her school had already been evacuated but with no...
Instead, I have found myself endlessly rereading the manuscript on the computer and iPad–yes, I know, this is bad bad bad–making little edits here and there–oh, and back there again–checking one narrative thread for repetition, another one for gaps, gently rearranging scenes. But still ...