When you don’t fit in: the value of being different
Photo Credit: Nina Matthews Photography via Compfightcc “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt When I was ten, my blonde,...
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The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School, by Alexandra Robbins At what age do more people...
Boy: Poems by Rosie Greco
Childhood He doesn’t like anybody else’s eyes to pierce his, and he only asks “How are...
Weirdness, difference and the power of acceptance
I see autism, not always as a disability, but as a fundamental part of my personality. Like any part of a personality, it has upsides...
A Tribute to Robin Williams
Robin Williams burst onto the scene as an alien, Mork, initially in Happy Days and later in his own show Mork and Mindy. Mork may...
Building a Life After Cancer
I have felt like an outsider my whole life. When I started school, I was painfully shy and hardly spoke a word to anyone. As...
Courage, Connection and Compassion
My stepsister, Boo Armstrong, has a place of honour at The Outsiders’ Network. Not only did she do so much with her own life, but...
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