Here’s how to stop engaging your autistic child in fruitless power struggles and how to engage their natural desire to help others for a better, more peaceful relationship.
What is the difference between awareness and acceptance, and which do autistics need from their allies? An exploration of this source of contention.
For most of my life, I have been in a perpetual state of trying to accomplish the next thing. Ironically, or perhaps as should be
One of my favorite quotes about autism: If you have met one person with autism, you have met one person with autism. Autism is not
You are an anomaly;A nebula, the birth-place of light and wonder.Your glow is widespread and beyond reach. They will call you a rarity.They will ask
Three tips you won’t hear from your therapist… but you should.
I am a functional 8. You know the pain scale? I am the little face with the wrinkled up, inward-facing eyebrows and the frown with
Brittney Neal elaborates on asperger’s and the differences in communication, giving helpful examples outlining what went wrong and what would have helped.
I have wanted to be a mom for as long as I can remember. In particular, I wanted to be a mom to a little
There is something within the chronic illness community known as the “Spoon Theory.” In this analogy, the spoons stand for the amount of energy a
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