By Mark | February 14, 2017
This year, for my birthday, Linette ordered a “weighted blanket” for me. Well, it came today, and I’m laying under it right now, struggling to fill my lungs. I can see the appeal. It’s comforting. It’s like the lead apron you have to wear at the dentist’s office when you’re having X-rays taken. I’ve yet […]
Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arlo, Linette, Mark's birthday, mental health, OCD blogger, serotonin, sleep, Temple Grandin, weighted blanket |
By Mark | August 10, 2010
It’s just been announced that noted animal scientist and advocate for the autistic, Temple Grandin – a woman recently immortalized on film by Claire Danes, and honored as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people – will be coming to speak at U-M as part of the School of Art & Design’s Penny W. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Science | Also tagged autism, calming, cattle, Claire Danes, cows, grazing, humane slaughter of cattle, hypersensitive, livestock, meat, meat packing, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, School of Art & Design, slaughter house design, stress reduction, Temple Grandin, The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow, Thinking in Pictures, University of Michigan |
