Dating Someone With Asperger’s Syndrome and How It Radicalized My Much-Too-Ordinary Life
byBy Renee Skudra At a farmer’s market, with nothing much more on my mind than finding some perfect blackberries and figs, an Australian man…
Parent Perspective
Autistic Children Don’t Need to Work on Resilience; Neurotypical People May Need to Work on Empathy
byResilience is a key strength for autistic people. By Catherine Londero I was once told by a preschool assistant that “your son needs to…
What Art and Fatherhood have Taught me about Autism
byBy Dennis Procopio “Dennis, please just get in the f***ing car.” This was my mother, pleading with her 9-year-old son to sit in a…
Prince Charming, Blue Prince
byBy Dr. Daniela Araujo Prince Charming is known in Spanish as Blue Prince, and so this story begins. It’s said that there was a…
Poetry: Jake
byJake By Sanchia Storey My life is uncomplicated, black, and white. I don’t speak in forked tongue, Hide meanings behind tones, I give the…
Moving On: Grieving With my 2020 Grad
byMichelle Goering “Let’s just drive over there, okay?” My nineteen-year-old had been trying to find a way to visit his high school. He’d last…
Areva Martin: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
byAreva Martin is an award-winning attorney, best-selling author, legal commentator, talk show host, and a critical voice for social justice. By Ron Sandison Areva…
The Intersection of Race and Disability: Hidden Barriers to Accessing Services
byBy Danyale Sturdivant When my son Joshua was born, I cannot begin to tell you how happy I was! I had watched video’s and…