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How Inclusion Benefits Businesses
Can inclusion have a bottom-line impact for business? It's a question of question I think about a lot. I'm an advocate, but I also work in the business world. Can those two worlds meet? Can the business world create value for the community, in a way that also benefits the company? I've always hoped so, and thus I’m always alert for concrete examples in my daily life. read more
Mother’s Day: Tips on Reaching Out to an Autism Mom
The autism mom you know needs you now more than ever. Any way you can continue to be there for her is appreciated. read more
What Acceptance Means to Me
Since the 1970s, April has been known as Autism Awareness Month. Some groups are now saying that awareness isn't enough…that it needs to go further. That is why they are pushing for April to become known as Autism Acceptance Month. read more
Where do we stand in the "War on Autism?"
Where have we been, and where are we going, with the billion dollars we've spent on the so-called Combating Autism Act. Read my views, and offer your response... read more
Autism Prevalence: Can It Be 1 in 50?
What does the latest autism prevalence report mean to us? What now? read more
Autism Awareness Month - "Kindly We Really Want Love"
For years it was assumed that those with autism did not feel emotion because they did not show emotions the way neurotypicals do. It was assumed they did not want friends because they didn't know how to make friends. Yet, we hear more and more from young people on the spectrum that they want connections with others; they want friends. read more
Your Job
A recent survey by the American Psychological Association found that one-third of American workers experience chronic work stress with low salaries, lack of opportunity for advancement and heavy workloads topping the list of contributing factors. read more
Placebo Cerebrals: Wasting One's Life On Fake Facts
There are many ways to live ones life in vain, enough to fill a thousand and one nightmares. One in particular has been on my mind lately, a life in vain but with some consolations. Imagine the bottom falling out at the end of your lifelong career, discovering that the detailed knowledge you spent decades mastering was actually a sham. Show More Summary
Jennie Shortridge: When A Mind Breaks
An Essay by Jennie Shortridge, author of Love Water Memory read more
What a Slugger Can Teach You About Rebooting Your Career
Ryan Howard the 33-year old powerhouse cleanup hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies has been in a slow decline ever since his 2006 season when he hit 58 homeruns and won the Most Valuable Player award. read more
Writing Your Way to a Healthier Mind and Body
Writing can be the ultimate mind-body medicine. As a professor of creative writing at Rutgers University for a number of years, I loved writing exercises; and I have used them in novel writing classes rather than just sending young writers off to wait for their muses. read more
6 Things That Could Be Done Now to Help Autism Families
Last week, it was reported by the CDC that 1 in 50 kids are now diagnosed with autism. Following the release of the new numbers, a flurry of articles, ranging from full blown panic to celebration of autism, emerged on the internet. And...Show More Summary
Nine Ways to Relieve Stress by Gardening
Gardening is a popular hobby that doubles as an outstanding stress reliever. Recently, I asked three experts for advice on maximizing the stress-busting potential of gardening. Here’s what they told me about how to cultivate calmness along with the tulips or tomatoes. Keep it a hobby, not a chore. read more
Advantages of Dating After 40
On Dec. 31, 2009, one day before the baby boomer generation turned 65, a New York Times article reported, "79 million baby boomers, about 26 percent of this country's population, will be redefining what it means to be older." read m...
Princeton Is for Husbands? Icky, Retro, and Proud of It!
Have you heard about “Advice for the young women of Princeton: the daughters I never had”? In the letter published in the Princeton student newspaper, Susan A. Patton, Princeton alum and mother of two Princeton undergrad men, tells the Princeton undergrad women to get married, now! Find a man at Princeton, where the intellectual pickings are good. Show More Summary
From Origins of Breastfeeding to Lactose Intolerance
To say that humans are mammals is not simply an arcane statement about classifying us in the biological scheme of things. The message is far more profound: We have all of the key biological features that set mammals apart from other animals. Two of them, hair and suckling, are plainly evident. What is not so obvious is that hair and suckling are linked. read more
What's Behind the 53% rise in ADHD Diagnoses?
A widely read article in today's New York Times presents shocking new data from the Center for Disease control about the explosive surge in ADHD diagnoses among American children and teenagers. A whopping 11% of school-age children, or approximately 6.4 million children, have received a diagnosis of ADHD. Show More Summary
Are You Big Enough to Apologize?
Fans of NCIS are familiar with Gibbs’ Rule Number 6: Never apologize. It is a sign of weakness. Then again, maybe that is why he has been divorced three times and is currently unmarried. Ali McGraw gravely intoned a similar rule in the...Show More Summary
How to Disagree Without Being Seen as Bitchy
A recent study found that being agreeable—acting more cooperatively and placing greater value on relationships—equates to less pay. Although the negative effect of “playing nice” showed up more for men than women, agreeableness did affect earnings and promotion possibilities for both men and women, at least in the US. The study included thousands of Americans. read more
What Do Porn Actors Want?
Pornography is a business and the actors are motivated primarily by money. As human beings, they are emotionally affected by what they do, however. Men react differently from women. These differences are essentially the opposite of gender stereotypes advanced by evolutionary psychologists. read more
