The Messy Dr. Sue
I am a single mom with a Ph.D in Sociology and Anthropology. I work a lot of jobs to make ends meet; like all parents, we give up everything we could have so that our children could have more opportunities in life.
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Lies, Fantasy or Reality? The Strength It Took Me to Stay. (opens the original)
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The heart of this episode is actually: "When someone tells you a version of reality that is completely different from yours, how do you decide what is misunderstanding, what is fantasy, and what is simply a lie?" An ASD diagnosis may help me understand some communication and interpretation patterns, but it does not explain away or excuse poor choices made. That distinction actually makes this episode much stronger. This is a vulnerable and honest Dr Sue episode. Not about “my husband is the vill
Living With an Adult Asperger’s Brain (opens the original)
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This could actually become a very powerful Dr Sue episode because I am not approaching autism as a textbook subject. I am talking about what it feels like to live alongside someone whose brain works very differently from mine. One important wording adjustment: “Asperger syndrome” is an older diagnostic term; current diagnostic systems generally place it under Autism Spectrum Disorder, and “Level 1” refers to the level of support someone may need. I’d keep “Asperger’s” in the title because that i
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