Opinion 51

The Normals

Who wants to be normal, usual or ordinary?

By Mariana Conde

My friend Concha calls me: Do you have time to talk? Of course, I answer.

After apologizing in advance for the crying that is sure to win her over, she tells me:

Josephus has Asperger's.
Did they just give you the diagnosis?
No, not yet, but I know it. I've always known he has something, even if everyone tells me I'm crazy or exaggerating.

She tells me about the recent events at school and at home that brought her back to that conclusion, which she had suspected since her son, now 16 years old, was in kindergarten. She explains that, after days of reading specialized books and googling about the characteristics of individuals on the autism or Asperger's spectrum, she recognized her son in the latter.

Let's talk about death

When my mother's attending physician gathered my siblings and me together to ask us a difficult question, my stomach sank.

When we demand medicines in order not to take them: the paradox of adherence to treatment.

How many medicines end up in the trash after sitting in a drawer or drawer until they expire?

From Guatemala to Guatepeor

With a female scientist at the helm of the country, this is likely to be a great national project.

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