My personal story: autism and abuse
byOctober is National Bullying Prevention Month. The Art of Autism is posting personal stories of how people on the autism spectrum overcame bullying or…
PTSD
When MeToo Becomes YouToo?
byTRIGGER WARNING: This post contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. by W.E.Powers A seven-year-old girl sits in…
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and National Bullying Prevention Month
byWith an estimate of 90 percent of autistic people who are either unemployed or under employed the Art of Autism realizes that raising awareness…
Functional Freezes, Trauma Releasing Exercises, and Self-Advocacy
byBy Austin John Jones A couple years back, I had an incident at a summer camp I was on the staff for. I was…
Storytelling, neuroscience, and healing trauma
byby Debra Hosseini “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi For the fourth time in as many years I’ve enrolled…