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rectumdamnnearkilledem
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
my stupid head-in-the sand relatives would have stopped saying things like "Timmy's just a little slow," and gotten him some real help when it could have made a difference. Best of luck to your sister and nephew.
Prophet!
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
We're looking at a possible diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrom for my son Frankie. I know it's not the same as being Autistic but I can understand some of your sisters struggles.
OH I definetly think they can be geneticly related !! I really believe I would of been diagnosed as ADHD if I was a kid again. Crap I could probably be diagnosed with it as an adult.
Going off on tangents during a phone conversation is pretty much standard for me.
During threads too.
You'll ruin your knees!
""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)
madness baby
One thing that intrigues me is the possibility that Autism and ADHD might both be genetic--there are some who already categorize the disorders together as related.
I had seen the video before, and each time, I shudder at one point, when they say, "a world where no family has to live with autism."