Every therapy, every diagnosis, every medication– burnout, meltdowns, marriages, careers, shutdowns, and then there was clarity with a late diagnosis of autism.
Pete Wharmby, a UK English teacher, shares twenty facts about autistic people that society often gets wrong.
Ashna and William are autistic teens who can speak, but the words that come or are often unreliable. They communicate more accurately by spelling to communicate via the rapid promoting method.
Stuck in that space of not knowing if she is autistic or if she belongs in in either universe, one woman describes her point of flux between two worlds.
The lessons that autistic children learn on the playground are often different from the ones their peers pick up.
Carol Millman’s article comparing dog training to ABA garnered the attention of many BCBAs. Dr. Thomas Zane and Katie Gorycki respond, and Carol Millman replies in line.
“Jalisco never loses” is a phrase that alludes to a person who never admits to having lost. A story of communication differences in an autistic and NT relationship.
Mike Wise writes a letter to parents of autistic children asking them to think about how their presence in the autism community impacts autistics.
Autistic people are at a high risk of being assaulted by sexual predators. This is one woman’s story and the factors that positioned her to be so vulnerable.
#ShineOnMax becomes an international call to see autistic people as fully human and value their lives.