Joseph Rose

THIS IS AWESOME!

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

Symphony of Science - The Greatest Show on Earth! A music video about Evolution (by melodysheep)

A special Christmas message from Darwin

Anonymous asked: my "nephew in-law" has autism. i don't see him much, but there are obvious tell tale differences when I do. i think love conquers all, and it will get you through those tough moments where he seems inconsolable. you can do it.

Thanks.  =)

When I see movies or read stories about other autistic kids, I feel lucky that Darwin doesn’t exhibit so many of the difficult/sad/dangerous behaviors that many others do. In general I find him to be a happy and affectionate child, whose only real demand in life is for french toast.

What I forget sometimes, is that he is only 4 years old and that his personality and behaviors will surely change. And, they are. In recent weeks it’s become pretty common for him to bash himself in the head repeatedly with both of his hands while he yells, often with tears streaming down his face. What could trigger such an extreme and self-abusive behavior, you ask? Well today it was because he dropped a wooden stick (tongue depressor) on the ground and couldn’t have it back. How much of that is age 4 behavior and how much of that is autism behavior? I have no idea. Regardless of the reason, it’s fucking ugly to see, and it kills me that I don’t have a way to prevent it from happening.

I am so scared for what autism might look like at ages 10, 16, 25, 40, etc. If there were a kind and merciful god in the sky somewhere, he would make sure that my son and I leave this world at the exact same moment so neither of us would need to struggle along without the other.

But there isn’t. There is much suffering ahead for us both.

Darwin has a Savings Account. Let’s see if I can fill it up a bit before I drop dead.

shewee:

dibujandoelcamino:

jadedfucker:

fuckyeahatheistmemes:

love-your-suit:

amillionbilliontrillionstars:

jazzyjenn:

-badassbadger:

ubermichael:

A reminder to everyone: Christmas is a time for giving, but be sure to know who you give your money to.

Keeping the tag because I feel the same way.

Also my dad had some personal experience with their special brand of fuckery a long, long time ago and drilled it into my head from a pretty young age that I could do something more worthwhile with my loose change. 

Volunteer instead or donate to a local charity where you can see where your money is going and what sorts of people are using it. 

(United Way sucks too, but that’s another can of worms for me to open at a later date).

Fuck. That. Never donating there again.

Wow, to hell with that. Haha.

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necessary reblog 

UGH.

FUCK. THEM. ALL.

I just double checked, I had no idea this was real. It is.

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-dynamic-arrays/B6F3F4DF3150F5B585257434004C177D?openDocument&charset=utf-8

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Darwin is 4 years old and has Autism. As far as we can tell, he has very rarely (if ever) engaged in any “pretend play”. No car sounds, no jumping over hot lava, no action figures interacting with one another, etc.

He does show a great fascination with letterpresses and other machines. I have several letterpresses at my house and Darwin watches me print with them quite frequently. I recently saw him pumping the back of his toy airplane the way I engage the lever on my Kelsey Excelsior letterpress. Then, this morning I managed to catch him on video in the midst of a full print run!

I love this kid.

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Jason McElwain Autistic Basketball Player (by skytz33)

Darwin just told me that he was hungry for the first time in his life. Usually he just says “french toast” or something. This time, he said “I’m hungry”.