A Journal Entry, Acceptance and Awareness, law enforcement

Understand The Story

TW/CW: mention of suicide*from solely my perspective*As I started my day today, I felt intense hunger pangs. Being autistic, I struggle with interception and as such my body was telling me that I needed to make nourishing my body a priority.My automatic response was looking at being lazy and having breakfast brought to me, however… Continue reading Understand The Story

Fayette County Behavioral Health Administration Building
Acceptance and Awareness, Autism Acceptance Month, Autism Statistics, Dignity & Respect, Independence, law enforcement, Local Events

First Responder Awareness

Last week near this time, the event, the first ever held by our county behavioral health office in correlation of Autism Awareness Month for our county and as an individual involved in many facets of the behavioral health office was on the committee for the event.

Acceptance and Awareness, law enforcement

A Call towards Better Care of Autistic Individuals in Response to the Police Involved Shooting of 13 Year Old Linden Cameron

Linden is now recovering and there is an investigation underway. The incident happened in Glendale Utah. Advocates such as myself have gone onto social media to ask for more nationwide first responder & Crisis Intervention Training. #autism #firstresponder

Acceptance and Awareness, Bullying, Dignity & Respect, Education, Equality, Independence, law enforcement

Why Juneteenth is Important to the Autism Community

So, today is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day) is an unofficial American holiday and an official Texas state holiday, celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on June 19,… Continue reading Why Juneteenth is Important to the Autism Community