A life less ordinary?

• Sigh. R-word still OK if "modern slang"

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  There is a blog called...get ready...Retarded in Love. (link has been removed). It's written by a very very young person who thinks she can order her life Just. So. She's got a to-do list that includes getting pregnant on schedule and having, presumably, perfect and lovely healthy children. Dust off [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:55pm EST
  by Emily

• Autism moms: Are you girly-girls?

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  I have a reason for asking this question. For several years, I posted on a community message board using a gender-neutral handle. I didn't do it on purpose...it was just the handle I chose. Most women who posted on that site did use handles that indicated their sex, with terms' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Emily

• Reading the signs

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  Like a lot of kids, autistic or not, TH is not very good at articulating his feelings. In fact, he may not even be aware that he's having these feelings, yet he shows that they're there in many ways. We always know that something, something is on his mind when [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:41am EST
  by Emily