Book Review: Autism and Learning Differences an active learning teaching toolkit
By Debra Muzikar 2016 is starting out to be a very good year. Last week I received the most comprehensive and practical book for…
Part 3: I am standing right here: when ego and power trumps #autistic voices #StandingRightHere
Many therapies with the intent to cure are dangerous to our health. We are not science experiments. We are human beings. We are your…
Dear Me: heros have limits too …
Brian Be, movement addict / dancer Spoke N Motion Dance.org features him in his solo during their spring show at the Colorado Ballet. Watch…
Strategies for dealing with out of control emotions
What I’m learning from Kevin’s DBT classes. By Debra Muzikar The first Wednesday of each month at 4:00 PM Kurt and I drive to…
Thank You Youth Leadership Forum #ThankYouYLF
By Leanne Libas “If my child was autistic, I would say to them them: ‘Baby, it’s going to be okay. There’s nothing wrong with…
Ben and the blue heron – a story about jail, redemption, and a heron
“There’s this one thing a friend of the Dalai Lama said after being tortured and imprisoned: to solve his imprisonment, he had compassion for…
The Year 2015 was a breakthrough year for autism
By Debra Muzikar “The only thing that is constant is change,” a wise man once said. 2015 was a year of intense change. From…
Dear Me: there is no label that can fully contain all you will be
You like to categorize things into ‘it is’ or ‘it is not’. It helps you keep track of the world around you, but I…