I never imagined myself doing it, but I tested a different way to live a few months ago. I went to my room and closed the door to the world around me. I only came out when absolutely necessary. I have always needed more alone time than most people I…

I consume more than I produce daily. Some of the consumption is necessary, but that part is a tiny percentage of what I consume. The other consumption is purely for distraction. I consume extra food to divert myself from pain, words to find answers to the big questions, and ideas…

No wonder she didn’t want to read. — A picture is my daughter’s preferred language. She loves to convey her ideas and messages in drawings rather than words. I knew her preference very early on; Still, I kept buying chapter books for her, and these books barely had any pictures. On the other hand, she loves reading Kid’s…

“A late bloomer,” my last training supervisor said about me in reference to my recent effort to learn a new subject. I wasn’t sure if he meant it as an insult or a deliberation that there might still be some hope for me. This label was no surprise to me…

Use of corticosteroids in human and veterinary medicine — The recent news of a positive test for Betamethasone in Medina Spirit reminded me of when I received two injections of the same drug during my first pregnancy. …

Let’s get rid of the misconceptions and the outdated image of autism. — Recently, Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live, and he claimed to be the first person with Asperger’s to host the show. This statement has been proven false by other sources. The Canadian actor Daniel Aykroyd was the first person with Asperger’s to host SNL. …

The vocabulary of the novel coronavirus variants. — Just like the flu virus, the novel coronavirus or the SARS-CoV-2 also changes over time. This change happens through mutation, which refers to changes in the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 in comparison to originally identified variants. For SARS-CoV-2, the baselines or the originals are the Wuhan-Hu1 and USA-WA1. Since…

Depending on how one defines technology, we can argue that humans have been using technology for learning for as long as we have been on the planet. From communicating through pictures in caves to the current use of multimedia, we have come far in understanding the mediums we can use…

Macro to Microscopic View — I regularly read articles, stories, books, and papers related to healthcare in the hope of improving my health and that of my family. Sometimes my understanding of the content is incomplete because I forgot high school biology lessons. I don’t know if there is anyone else who also needs a…