Goal setting, rewards and autism
byIn college they taught that the reward system works best when it is sporadic. While that may work in dog training, it doesn’t work…
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Diversity represented in dolls (a positive step toward eradicating Stepfordian world-views)
byBy Kimberly Gerry-Tucker The word ‘tomboy’ was never in my vocabulary. I adored climbing boulders, collecting rocks, studying insects, and sitting in mud puddles…
Person First Language – autistic, person with autism, aspergian, aspienaut?
byby Debra Muzikar (this was written in 2016 and updated in 2018) In the last couple of weeks I’ve received a couple of emails…
A review of Netflix ATypical Season 1: Meet the Gardners
byAtypical is streaming on Netflix. By Helen Wallace-Iles *** Spoiler Free *** When Netflix announced their new series, Atypical, about an everyday family living…
Art is not a crime
byBy Kimberly Gerry Tucker Someone once told me, “I don’t understand your poetry! What is the meaning?!” I had to contemplate that before I…
The school bell was my enemy
byby Kevin Hosseini What I remember first about school was the bell in the hallway. Any time it rang and I was close to…
Seventy-five Years Looking for Answers
byby Pamela Urfer (commentary by Kimberly Gerry-Tucker after) Not much was known about Autism in 1942, the year I was born. Nor in 1952,…
Listening, Communication, and the “Social Barrier” on the Spectrum
by“…if you want to LIVE TO YOUR FULLEST POTENTIAL, and live a good life that you can die being happy with, you need to…