He had absurd levels of ridiculous, reckless optimism. He always looked to the future. He was sensitive, kind and thoughtful in ways most people aren’t observant enough to be.
Parents of autistic children know that the ignorance about autistic behavior and what autism means can be a death sentence for their autistic children. That’s what happened to Matthew Rushin.
After part 1 of this series published, reader responses unanimously opined about the lack of awareness and training by police officers. Did the Virginia Beach Police Department lack training? The facts.
Matthew Rushin, a young Black autistic and ADHD man, was a mechanical engineering student at Old Dominion University when a traffic accident lead to a sentence which would
George Floyd was not the problem. Breonna Taylor was not the problem. Huxley Shauffer was not the problem. Alejandro Ripley was not the problem. Cornelius Frederick was not the problem. You are the problem.
Most diversity and inclusion initiatives fail more than 90% of the time. Here is how to implement a successful diversity and inclusion initiative in your workplace.
This is the first article in a series in which autistic people break down and analyze the questions on the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ).
Parents are looking for better ways than ABA to support the healthy social, academic, and emotional development of their autistic and otherwise neurodivergent children. Enter the ND Montessori!
Self-advocacy in any marginalized community is the driving force for broader social change. In the autistic community, advocacy has unique challenges.
Autistic minds are different, and their potential can’t be measured by a test that is not created to measure divergent processing.