Dear John, Like many kids, my parents told me about Father Christmas. As a real little scientist, I thought some
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Dear John, Back to the Bible story. In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve rebelled against God, and so were kicked
Dear John, So you’re broken. The natural human reaction to that is shame, which sometimes issues in loud denials. I’ve
Dear John, In thinking and writing about autism, I keep on coming back to the Bible story of Adam and
Dear John, People often use autism (or any other type of neurodiversity, real or claimed) as an excuse for
Dear John, So is autism your fault? There’s an old prayer of confession that goes as follows: Almighty God,
Dear John, I’ve writen about quite a few autistic traits I still can’t do much about, like eye contact.
Dear John, I’ve already said that we are valuable because we were created in God’s image. But what does that
Dear John, So is autism a disability or not? I’ve resisted that label for a long time; I think
Dear John, This statement is just wrong – absence of empathy is a characteristic of psychopaths and/or narcissists, not autistic