For most of his life, until he started typing, E was identified as a “low-functioning autistic.” These are his thoughts… READ MORE
Autistic people are often overlooked when it comes to addiction, as if they are too rule-oriented or childlike to become… READ MORE
Autistic people struggle with the holiday season for reasons that go beyond just sensory difficulties and limited social batteries. Here’s… READ MORE
Greta Thunberg, teen climate activist, is the first openly-autistic person has been named Time Magazine’s person of the year. Is… READ MORE
Sally-Ann Hart, the Conservative candidate for Hastings and Rye, was met with jeers and boos by a horrified audience as… READ MORE
Olivia Espinoza exclusively spoke with the I-Team after she was awarded a settlement from CCSD. But just as her family… READ MORE
Three nonspeaking autistic students advocate for communication choice rights and full participation in their own IEP and inclusion plans. Source:… READ MORE
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At the end of last month, a local charity in the town I live in had sheets in their offices… READ MORE
Do you parent your autistic child like, “It’s for their own good,” rather than, “It is something that actually makes… READ MORE
If we start thinking of “autistic” as another language instead of a deficit, the way we relate to it could… READ MORE
Mike Wise writes a letter to parents of autistic children asking them to think about how their presence in the… READ MORE
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Recently, I came across an article on how Weight and Autism are bad culprits for each other, as such I… READ MORE
“Don’t assume, presume competence”
~Dustin
Home to the writings of an autisitc man that has had his share of life experiences over four decades but has bounced back greatly from adverisity to live an everyday independent life.