Tag: autism
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A is for Autism
A Sixty-Year-Old’s Season of Learning For most of my life, autism was something I thought I understood in a general way. It was a diagnosis associated with children, schools, and specialists. It wasn’t something I connected to my own story. That changed gradually, through watching my grandchildren. I have thirteen grandchildren. Every one of them…
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OCD as Meditation Practice: When a Compulsion Becomes a Mantra
In the case of tracing a pattern in the carpet, the mind settles almost naturally. By meeting the movement with awareness rather than resistance, I can deepen my practice in real time. I am not pulled toward the experience or pushed away from it. The internal commentary quiets. What remains is direct contact with the…
