Of course, with my mother seeing me as normal and that attitude colouring all of her replies, I wasn’t feeling all too sure about the conclusions the therapist would draw from the interview and the questionnaire. I knew my diagnosis would hinge on autistic traits being present in childhood....
the sentence, “I’m going to Netflix today,” would make complete sense. You may think I’m exaggerating on how prevalent binge-watching culture is in America, however, I have witnessed this culture first hand. One of my classmates in college, for example, watches television...
Apparently, one of the pupils [JAC: later described as “highly autistic”] brought the Quran into school after losing a bet. (This doesn’t make a lot of sense to me but kids make odd decisions.) According to the school’s investigation, it appears that one of the students dropped the...