How my Schizophrenia and Synesthesia Interact with Each Other
byBy Syance I am Syance and I have synesthesia. The most common form of synesthesia includes colored hearing: sounds, music or voices seen as…
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My Heightened Sensory Processing Lead to My Career in Flavor Chemistry
byUntil I began my career in creative chemistry, I hadn’t considered my characteristics of my autism as evolutionary advantages. By Burnett Grant In recent…
A Poem for Autism Acceptance Month
byAcceptance By Rachel Pretlow Let the waves be open! Let the light shine in! Let us embrace parts of us Where we have never…
I am Proud to be an Autistic, African-American Artist
byRonaldo Byrd shares 9 art portraits of people he admires for Black History Month. By Ronaldo Byrd, Compiled by Keri Bowers I am proud…
17 Tips to Navigate a Holiday Season Disrupted by Covid-19
byBy Kris McElroy The holiday season is one of my favorite times of the year while also being one of the most difficult for…
Reclaiming My Identity as An Autistic, Biracial Black Trans Man with Multiple Disabilities on World Kindness Day
byWorld Kindness Day is Friday November 13. Kris McElroy shares 7 ways he is reclaiming his identity as an act of kindness to himself….
Cultural Bias and Disability: We Have to do Better with Children of Color
byBarriers to Diagnosis, Services and a Free and Appropriate Education By Lamar Hardwick Just a few weeks ago I celebrated my forty-second birthday. I…
African-American Overstimulated and #Autistic
byOne morning my oldest son decided he would wander rather than go to school, he was in high school at the time, when he…