Tag: autism spectrum

• Project Families, Automatic Urinals, and Self-Diagnosed Autism – Thoughts from September 1, 2024

  

  Here we are at the beginning of Patti’s birthday month. I’m still waiting on an itinerary of our Route 66 trip. Does this make me nervous? Of course it does. Patti is very good at keeping me in the dark about specifics. Projects we do together always winds up with me trying to find out…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 5, 2025

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  2024, anxiety, authentic form of communication, autism, autism spectrum, autistic traits, automatic toilets, automatic urinal, behaviors of autism, birthday month, covering the sensor, depression, doing projects, easily distracted, exact sequence, going to concerts, happier being myself, hiding who I am, lack of control in life, learning to sew, looking people in the eye, loud noises, manual button, masking, mental health, official diagnosis, Patti, problems with crowds, removing myself, Route 66 trip, self-diagnosed autism, sensory issues, sensory overload, special allowances, thoughts, water keeps running, working with wood

• Staring at Your Phone – Thoughts from August 23 and 25, 2022

  

  August 23, 2022 I just saw a large gentleman wearing black shorts with white socks that went all the way up his legs until they disappeared into his shorts. What is the use of wearing shorts if you’re going to cover up your legs with socks. Besides the fact that it looks completely ridiculous, it…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 21, 2023

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  2022, acting weird in the restroom, autism, autism spectrum, bad habits, bathroom, behavior, black shorts with white socks, can’t walk anymore, cravings, distracting myself, extra wide wheelchair, fixing boards, food conversations, foods, fruits, grandmother, health issues, health problems, healthy food, healthy foods that tastes good, how food tastes, illogical, just sitting in a stall, large and old, large gentleman, long pants, looking at their phones, looks ridiculous, lying, making most of their lives miserable, moments of pleasure, old person like me, Patti, physical problems, Samantha Irby, scowl on his face, sitting in silence, strained steps, talking about food, thoughts, tree branch, trees, unethical, unhealthy behaviors, urinal, vacuuming, vegetables, waddling walk, what they believe is wrong with them, working