Read my commitment to writing again for Living Amongst Humans. I discuss the hiatus, my return, and what to expect from me in the future. I will continue to focus on Autism, bringing into the conversation what I have learned over the years while living amongst humans.

Autism is often identified as an epidemic. This graphic looks at the reality behind the autism epidemic and not just the hype.

Doug was my voice. He was my heart. I was his mind. He was brave and brash. I figured things out. I held him when he took his life.

Sherell Jacobson. November 3, 1928 - July 23, 2017

Jim, I just finished reading "Letting Him Out." I'm sorry you've suffered for decades, protecting that little autistic boy inside you. But I'm glad you're considering letting him out of that walled prison you've kept him in all these years. I like knowing the real you. Thank you, but I don't get enough credit for how well I've done without him. I've accomplished a lot — so much that people don't recognize the sacrifices I've made. They can't see my deep scars. It is so tirin

I have cursed myself, as a matter of survival. As a child, walking past a table of classmates in the cafeteria, and hearing their mocking laughter, I avoided emotional collapse only by — paradoxically — supporting the claims of my tormentors. I distracted myself from their words by doubling down with internal, vile self-indictment. Somehow my uncontrollable mind screams was able to mask the external cruelty.

Passing had a bad rap. The autistic survivors of lost generations need a different message: be proud. You passed to survive.