About

Hello, Cale here.

I’m a sophomore at a small liberal arts college in the Midwest, majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience and Social Psychology, and minoring in the history of minorities. Because that’s a mouthful and rather meaningless, I generally just say I’m majoring in autism.

I am on the autistic spectrum myself, diagnosed with Asperger’s as a preteen, Sensory Processing Disorder as a child, and Tourette’s Syndrome rather recently. My brother has classical autism as well as CP and a developmental delay. My mother has her hands full with two special needs sons .

I’m interested in many things not related to autism, though. I love monopoly (my 29-set collection grows a bit bigger each year), I read avidly (mostly medical dramas and memoirs, though some simple fiction is thrown in occasionally). I also love to watch movies, though my friends know better than to trust my critiques (they’re almost all negative. Unless of course the movie includes John Cusack or Dermot Mulroney . Did I mention I was gay?).

I’ll be using blog to talk about what it means for me to be autistic, how I cope with some of the more difficult aspects of this neurological organization and resources I’ve found useful. I’ll also be talking a fair share about my brother and some of his challenges and successes.

If you’re a new visitor here, I’ll hope you’ll take some time to introduce yourself in the comments, read through some of the Useful Lists posted (see sidebar) and perhaps even subscribe to my feed so you’ll never miss a new post. You can also contact me on Twitter @Frogger11758 or via email: Frogger11758 @ netscape.net, or access my Flickr account at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/frogger85711/ Finally, if you have a specific question about Autism, Sensory Processing, or Tourette’s, feel free to post it in the Ask an Aspie section and I will devote a post to it.