Dear Me: Oh the places you will go!
Dear Younger Me, Are you lost and overwhelmed with all of the medical mumbo-jumbo, and exceptionally long diagnosis essentially saying, “Your child has autism.”…
Dear Me: a letter to myself the day I received my diagnosis
To my 25-year old self on the day I receive my diagnosis, I know you have a lot emotions going through your head right…
Part 1: I am standing right here: don’t speak for me #StandingRightHere
Being autistic is not about living in a vacuum, sucking in everything around you, living in an existence shutout from your environment. If anything,…
Dear Me: A letter to my younger self
Written on Kevin’s 21st birthday. By Debra Muzikar Dear Younger Me, It’s 1997. As you sit in the neurologist’s office watching 3-year old Kevin…
April Dawn – A letter to my undiagnosed self #DearMe
The Art of Autism is accepting letters and videos to your younger self (at any age). This is a letter by one of my…
Leanne – Dear Me: A letter to my 11-year old self (before I knew I was #Autistic)
There will be triumphs and challenges along the way. You will gain and lose friends. You will question yourself constantly about who you are….
Benevolent Ableism: when helping isn’t really helping
The rescue mentality, the resistance to innovation, and the self-serving “we know what’s best” is ultimately preventing people with disabilities from obtaining more individualized supports…
Sometimes I stare
By S. Scott Sanderson I am Autistic, I have Asperger’s. Having Asperger’s allows me to look at the world uniquely. While I am very…