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How do you feel about conversations? We have so many of them in our day-to-day routine, from little talks about how the work day is to bigger talks about serious topics with those close to us. Which one do you find to be more difficult? If you’re a person on the autism spectrum you might be more inclined to say…

TOAA Reflections Why is it Always my Fault? By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso Lately it seems like I’m hanging by the thinnest thread in the world. My whole life is in a constant state of crumbling apart around me and my mind isn’t my own anymore. It seems like no one is listening to me and just tonight I overheard my…

TOAA Reflections A Survivor’s Guide to Dealing With SAD/Seasonal Depression By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso Lately I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from my normally scheduled creative work. It’s just been too hard to focus with the onset of my Seasonal Affective Disorder. I actually made a sort of mini awareness post on that subject earlier in the week…

TOAA Reflections I Wish People Would Actually Try Listening to me By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso I’ve been going through a lot of things lately and I’ve wanted to talk to someone so badly. The issue isn’t that there aren’t people making some effort. The issue is that the approach is just really wrong. I’ve talked in the past about why…

TOAA Reflections Why SSDI Isn’t Truly Helping the Disabled By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso So, obviously this is not the regularly scheduled blog for this week but it’s something I felt like I had to write. I’ve been going through the appeals process for SSDI for months now and I received my third denial this week saying that their council didn’t…

Five Surprisingly Great Photo Editors You Can Find Online By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso There are a lot of things we do to preserve our memories. Some of us journal. Some of us talk about them. However, the one thing almost all of us do is take photographs. Photographs help us catalog special events,preserve memories and interact with the world around…

What are you? Who are you? If you had to describe who you are as a person, what would that sound like? As human beings, we have a strange tendency to need to classify things and while this can boost our understanding of the world around us, it can also box us in. We live in a society where our…

“Five Dress-up Game Sites Worth Checking Out” By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso Once upon a time and what seems like an eternity ago in internet time, flash was introduced and with flash came the cockroach of a trend that is flash games. But out of all the things associated to the flash format, the most infamous is perhaps the dress-up game…

Please note that this blog contains serious and graphic discussion of abuse and other sensitive topics. Do not read this if you think that’s going to bother you. “The Truth of Unemployment and Why You Should Be Kind to Your Children” By Melissa K. Vassar-Belloso There are a lot of unemployed people in America right now and while some of them…

Every person has a hobby or something that they feel drawn to and that includes those of us with disabilities. However,for those on the  autism spectrum, understanding and honing what they’re most interested in is not only beneficial but almost essential. Today we’re going to discuss how people on the autism spectrum can benefit and possibly even profit from taking…