ASANs Past Abuse and Moving Forward
With Ari Ne’eman’s announcement that he will be stepping down at the end of the year today, I knew I was out of time to find a large source to post what you are about...
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To the Parent New to Autism
Hello person. Welcome to this beautiful world of autism. Yes, beautiful.. It’s the same beautiful world you’ve already lived in. That child that you love? They’re the same child. That diagnosis is not really new...
Executive Functioning Survey
I’m not sure if I’ve said so before, but I’m going to be speaking again this summer at the Autism Society of America conference in New Orleans. This year my topic is on Executive Functioning....
Autism Acceptance Month – Week 1
As we all know, April is Autism Acceptance Month. This year, I decided to mark the occasion by posting a daily acceptance post. I decided to keep track of them in a blog post each...
What Meltdowns Look Like
Before I get into this post, I want to make it very clear that I’m not going to be disclosing what any meltdown looks like. Seriously, that’s not important. After talking to a friend of...
Disabled Parenting Project seeking Autistic Parents
IF YOU ARE A PARENT WITH A DISABILITY THE DISABLED PARENTING PROJECT WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you are a parent with a disability, the Disabled Parenting Project wants to talk with you about...
Far Reaching Implications
This is a vent and processing post so I apologize if it’s incoherent. As a parent, I take great care when trying to determine what my children should and should not have access to. We...
The Intersection of Failure and Competence
Yesterday, I received an email from a teacher. I cried quite a bit because the insinuations were pretty clear. We’re not doing “enough” to support our child. But as I talked about it with my...
Remembering My Autistic Self
My advocacy… my activism… Well, it’s kind of been non-existent. It’s been bothering me for a while. I keep talking to a few friends about it. And I know I’m a needed voice, but struggle...
Tokenism Hurts Everyone
It was 5-6 years ago when I got a phone call from someone. They were discussing the merits of “working from the inside” to change an organization. At the time, I just felt frustrated because...