So, I found another great article in The New York Times this week about parenting an individual on the autism spectrum. It is worth a read:
A Glimpse Into My Son’s Magnificent Mind
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/style/modern-love-glimpse-into-autistic-sons-magnificent-mind.html?referringSource=articleShare
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed how much what first seemed like a somewhat broad area of focus for my practice is actually far more narrow than I originally thought. The co-occurrences of autism spectrum disorder, giftedness, and LGBTQIA concerns is actually pretty common, if the clients I have been seeing are any indication. This seems to span the age groups of children to adults. I find myself truly enjoying my work with these individuals and find that both appear to learn a lot from our therapeutic interactions. I wonder if these crossovers actually indicate the beginnings of an evolutionary change. I know that may seem like a reach, but since both diagnoses of ASD and questioning, especially when it comes to gender fluidity, have increased a great deal in the past couple of decades, couldn’t this signal more than an aberration and be, instead, an indication that this is a new direction for humanity? What do you think?
And on a completely different topic: When the pandemic first hit, I worried that my visual impairment would make telehealth an impossibility for me. Instead, I have found that I am better able to see people’s faces on the screen than I am from the usual six feet or so that I sit apart from them in person. I still haven’t figured out how to do play therapy through this medium, but working with adolescents and adults via Zoom, FaceTime, or Hangouts has opened up a new format for me that I initially did not even want to consider. I guess it is just another instance of how life challenges can lead you down a path to new experiences.
On that note, I leave you for the week. By the way, I have been reading The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern this week. I am truly enthralled by the story and recommend it highly for some escapist literature.
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