I have six dairy goats. Three are black and three are gold. Two of the black goats are producing milk, while only one of the gold ones is. There is a correlation between coat color and milk production in my herd: black goats are twice as likely as gold goats…

I love cats. If I could choose a default setting for life, it might be “cat.” I have a Maine Coon mix: fluffy, energetic, and quietly opinionated. Like many hopeful cat lovers before me, I thought, “She’s smart! She’s active! She can totally learn to walk on a leash.” It…

AUDHD is often described as having both autism and ADHD—but it’s more than that. It’s not just the presence of two sets of traits. It’s the way they clash and layer and contradict each other. And it shows up in ways that aren’t quite like either diagnosis alone. The tug-of-war…

For some autistic people, it can be hard to figure out what to say—even when you know what you mean. One possible explanation is differences in synaptic pruning, a natural process that happens during early childhood. This is when the brain clears out unused synapses—the connections between neurons that help…

My biceps aren’t what they used to be. There’s no gym nearby and the hay is already stacked for the year. So to me, reframing leaf-raking as an outstanding upper body workout totally works. YMMV. The point is, if you focus on the benefit, you’re much more likely to get…

Like most people who remember the 1970s, I believed at one time that people with a certain diagnosis (I’ll tell you what it is later) were social outcasts with severe intellectual impairment. You couldn’t talk to them, and they wouldn’t even look at you. If they talked at all, it…