Often when autistic people, their family members, scientists who research autism, therapists, and anybody for whom autism is a part of their lives are talked
When Greta Thunberg began to take the stage as an autistic climate change activist, the world took notice. My reaction was one of powerful pride, not just as an autistic adult, but as a former autistic girl. Here was an articulate, passionate, brilliant girl unfocused on fame and fashion, who wasn’t going to let the weight of the NT world crush her or keep her from speaking out!
Two autistic voices have risen to prominence in the mainstream media: Greta Thunberg, teen climate change activist, and Kodi Lee, the blind autistic musician and singer who recently won the popular show, America’s Got Talent.
I cannot speak for fathers, but being a mother is hard work. It’s not like it is in the movies or the adverts on TV.
“Are you going to eat that?” My friend asked, looking at the untouched bowl of miso soup in front of me.
“I could tell she had no idea my son was autistic. She asked him why he wasn’t in class and …and he looked away and wouldn’t say anything else.”
I’ve always known that something was different about me. And not in the I’m-growing-up-and-everyone’s-weird kind of way, either. It’s also very possible — no, very probable — that the people close to me picked up on it, too.
The circumstances which lead children into the hands of social services are devastating, but the reality of what happens once they’re accepted into care is often worse–especially for autistic kids.
There once was a stone Maker, Of eponymous resolve, Through every creative endeavor, Had a conundrum to solve.
Be yourself… What does that mean? How do you know when you are not yourself? What are the steps you can take to be yourself?