The View from Under the Covering
This is Contessa, my dear, darling little ball of fluff. She made herself cozy in the afghan on the couch this evening and I just had to take a photo!
I’m sorry if I worried anyone with the previous post. If you met me in person, you’d probably not notice anything different about me. Like I said, its mostly going on in my head. 
I hope you’ve learned something new.
Now we can move onto bigger and better things like honoring God with our appearance!
It is official, I have Asperger’s Syndrome. This sounds much scarier than it actually is. I will include a listing of links below to help everyone understand more abour Asperger’s and Autism in general.
The psychologist was not an expert in the area of Autism but he was kind in helping weed out other possibilities. We chatted this morning about the paper tests I took last week. Essentially, I have the mental cognitions and physical perceptions of an Autistic person but have somehow “overcome” many of the social limitations. I still don’t understand the intricacies of social interaction but at least I can keep my job and navigate higher education. This is considered “successful” as far as the psychologist is concerned.
For my own take on Autism, I fall into the Neurodiversity camp who view the varieties of the diagnosis as something to be accomodated, not erradicated or cured. I like who God made me to be and become. This is not to say that Autistic people should not have any help in learning to communicate or offer assistance in other ways. The focus is on understanding how we perceive the world and make allowances for the differences instead of setting up the standard of “normal” for every child or adult to reach.
Here are some sites that have helped me understand Autism better:
So I hope this helps you in learning about Autism (though you probably wanted to learn about Modesty instead!)
