#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Autism - General August 12, 2018 October 16, 2019 How Satoshi Tajiri’s autism helped create Pokemon Satoshi has gone on record saying that he wanted the games to give children the same joy as he had during his bug collecting. …
Art of Autism Peace Project September 21, 2016 April 1, 2020 The Art of Autism: honoring World Peace Day with art & poetry (2016) By Keri Bowers In sharing poems & art for peace throughout the month of September, we support the belief that peace begins within each…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Autism Speaks August 31, 2016 August 19, 2020 A Woman to Be Reckoned With: The Controversial Legacy of Suzanne Wright by Amy Gravino I first met Suzanne Wright in New York at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh, just before I spoke at the United…
In the News August 26, 2016 August 22, 2018 University of Chicago statement on trigger warnings and intellectual “safe places” A trigger warning is a statement at a beginning of a piece of writing that tells the reader there may be potentially distressing material…
Autism Shift, Spirituality August 19, 2016 September 1, 2018 Letters between a non-speaking autistic and apraxic boy and his neurotypical therapist “I am a 10 year old boy trapped in a body that does not follow my instructions. I am a boy with the same…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Females and Autism, Mental Health August 16, 2016 August 30, 2018 How emotional and somatic balancing techniques helped my autism “I was existing, floating, drifting in my own bubble and couldn’t get out. Sometimes it felt like everybody else was in a bubble and…
Innovative Programs August 5, 2016 August 22, 2018 Program Spotlight: Helping Hands Art & Exercise Program New Jersey program serves autistic teens and adults by Colleen Hordichuk, Art Therapist Nine years ago, I joined the staff of my local high…