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  • Autism-Sensory Overload

    Autism-Sensory Overload

    Sensory Overload- Everyone can get frustrated at noise or lights. People with autism are especially sensitive to it. Your mind has the ability to filter out an extraneous sound or a slight flicker to a light. However, a person with autism may not. It may be a trigger for them and it may not be…

  • Autism- Some Thoughts

    Autism- Some Thoughts

    (disclaimer: I am going to generalize for simplicity sake. Autism affects every person different. They have their own set of skills and deficits, like everyone). Remaining calm: One of the significant problems of autism is the sensory. They do not filter out input the way a typical person does.That is why you will see a…

  • The Brutality of Being a Cop

    The Brutality of Being a Cop

    If we want to fix the problem of unarmed black men being shot by police, we must do more than fight racism. There are racists police. There are racist people in every profession. Police officers have to deal with things on a daily basis that almost all of us could not deal with. They do…

  • Sundress Reading Series presents Andrea England, Minadora Macheret, and Clay Matthews

    I enjoyed and recommend Clay Mathews’ Pretty Rooster chapbook! The Sundress Blog Join us on February 26 at 2PM at Bar Marley for the February installation of the Sundress Reading Series! Featured readings will include: Andrea England is the author of two chapbooks, INVENTORY OF A FIELD (Finishing Line Press) and OTHER GEOGRAPHIES (Creative Justice Press). She…

  • Abortions

    I do not understand how fundamentalists do not see how they filter the Bible. They look for the tidbits that they want. They say the Bible is to be believed and not interpreted. However, when you show them passages that is contrary to their believes, they interpreted them. For example, there are passages that support…