The Employment Shift: rethinking autism employment initiatives
Think of a 1 in 68 prevalence number in a nation of 318.9 million, then take the working ages between 18-69 and then enact…
Temple Grandin to Autistic adults: get your butts out of the house and get a job
“Young adults with autism need to get their butts out of the house and get a job! Work experience can start small walking dogs…
Pulitzer Prize Finalist – In A Different Key: The Story of Autism
The Art of Autism congratulates John Donvan and Caren Zucker for being Pulitzer Prize finalists for In A Different Key: The Story of Autism….
A Sibling’s Personal Essay for Admission to Law School
Statistically, siblings share the longest lasting relationships one will experience in a lifetime. Several decades of research on siblings has provided important information about…
Best on the Web Autism Blogs
Earlier this year, the Art of Autism asked readers to participate in online voting for blogs and internet resources they like. Through the voting…
How I went from feeling like an endangered species to becoming part of a community
By Ron Sandison As a young child autism made me feel different and like an endangered species. At age seven my speech was so…
United Nations Video: Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination
“People with autism are asking for two reasonable things – acceptance of their difference and respect for their difference,” Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen, March 31,…
World Autism Day April 2 2017
The United Nations has declared April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day. We love this image by contributing artist Steve Selpal. While some including…