The Slogan Everyone Loves “Nothing about us without us.”People throw that phrase around like it’s the moral high ground of autism advocacy. It sounds powerful and inclusive, right? But here’s the…
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Autistic Barbie and Billie’s First Reaction Mattel sent us the new autistic Barbie for free. The first thing Billie noticed wasn’t the outfit or the tiny shoes. She pointed at the…
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Finally got some hope for the DSM VI…You know those moments when you’re listening to something and suddenly you sit up like wait… excuse me? That was me today. Because The…
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You’ve probably heard of The Telepathy Tapes podcast by now. The premise? Showcasing so-called “evidence” of telepathic abilities among nonverbal individuals, primarily autistic people, mainly when communicating with other nonverbal individuals.…
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Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with Autism Level 1. For a while, that label fit. It made sense. It explained the parts of me I didn’t understand, the struggles I’d…
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5 Things I wish people understood about profound autism 1. Communication isn’t just words. Many individuals with profound autism are nonverbal, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice. Communication…
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Welcome to the mind of the mother of a child with profound autism I’m scared I’m not good enough to parent a child with profound autism. I’m terrified I’m failing. Terrified…
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True ableism isn’t in sharing the struggles tied to autism; it’s in pretending those struggles don’t exist. Why the need to argue that a disabled person is only disabled because of…
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Dear Charlie, Today should have been your first day of 6th grade. The start of middle school—a big milestone. But for you, today is different. Not quite what most people imagine;…
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Two things we don’t talk about enough are the anxiety that comes with your nonverbal child being sick and the lack of autism training in healthcare providers. I don’t know when…
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I won’t keep the suspense any longer: After discharging Charlie from ABA Therapy due to him not meeting the required 80% of recommended hours, Charlie’s ABA Therapy Center agreed to be…
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A few days ago, I shared Charlie’s ABA center’s decision to discharge him from ABA Therapy for not meeting the 80% recommended hours of clinical recommendation. I had known about the…
