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Is Autism the New Gay?

I recently read an article in Wired magazine that challenged my perception of autism. Reading the article sort of felt the same way as when I was first exposed to homosexuality in college. I was a corn-fed, Midwestern young man who was raised on Northeast-Ohio idealism. Anything that was not normal was either not talked about or was weird. I felt like a pioneer in Ohio just because I had broken away from listening to popular music and was into bands like Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Dead Milkmen and Public Image Ltd. A new friend of mine came out to our crew when someone in the residence hall found out that there was a gay person living on our floor. The Midwest back then (maybe still) was pretty brutal about stereotypes and this guy challenged everything that I knew about homosexuality. For all intents and purposes, he was an All-American dude living his life on a slightly different path than society would expect from looking at him. He let us ask a ton of questions and changed our perceptions. With the Internet not as prolific, the world was a smaller place and information was limited to immediate surroundings or what we sought out through reading books, magazines and TV.

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Unintentionally Funny Picture

At my son’s birthday party at an indoor sports center, Foodad pointed out this gem to me. The town is Milford, Massachusetts and apparently they didn’t want to abbreviate Catholic. I bet attendance will be high at these games.

Teamin up with Mr. T