Abstract: An online survey was conducted to compare the rate of masks wearing behaviour between neurotypical and neurodiverse populations. A greater number of neurodiverse participants reported always wearing a mask. Introduction: The impetus for this study came from a post by Lucy (2023) who asked why “neuro atypical” people are so
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A Puff of Absurdity: Odell’s How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Or maybe we’d recognize Nietzsche’s last man as ourselves: “Once blasphemy against God was the greatest blasphemy; but God died, and therewith also those blasphemers. To blaspheme the earth is now the dreadfulest sin, and to rate the heart of the unknowable higher than the meaning of the earth! .
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: WHEN PEOPLE PRETEND TO LISTEN – LESSONS FROM A COMEDY WRITER
–> Want to laugh at black humor? Read anything by David Sedaris. I’ve just finished his latest ramble-in-a-book-form titled ‘Calypso’. It’s very funny when it’s not causing me to blush or wince. I loved it. Sedaris saves his most barbed tongue-lashings for service providers – at airports, restaurants, in taxis
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Boyden’s Questionable Ancestory
It’s hard when we find our heroes as fallible as the rest of us. Boyden, the prize winning indigenous writer found to be not so indigenous, is taking a hit now. Some, like Aaron Paquette, think Boyden can’t claim status without having endured the hardship that went with being raised
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Boyden’s Questionable Ancestory
It’s hard when we find our heroes as fallible as the rest of us. Boyden, the prize winning indigenous writer found to be not so indigenous, is taking a hit now. Some, like Aaron Paquette, think Boyden can’t claim status without having endured the hardship that went with being raised
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