Recently Autism Speaks made waves yet again due to hijacking Sesame Street’s autistic character Julia as a mascot for their “Screen for Autism” initiative, which includes a “100 Day Kit” that suggests parents of newly diagnosed autistic kids need to go through the five stages of grief. I...
I am Oddbegan as a poem written by a 10 year old autistic boy, Ben Giroux. The poem went viral and inspired producer Mike Connaris to turn it into a song and eventually a video. The poem is about Ben’s life as an autistic boy, feeling out of place and different around other ...
Autistics have been decrying many of ABA’s techniques and approaches for a long time. Personally, I started learning and listening to autistic voices when I stumbled across the Wrong Planet forums. Sadly, it was still a very slow process to learn to listen in the way a true ally would....
(7)Parents shouldn't p their kids so hard because they have already had a lot of stress.(8)He was sleeping deeply but I was a all night.(9)But u he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.(10)Only a few students agreed to the plan. Most of them were strongly ...
As we started to play ‘Acid Queen’ I put myself in character, imagining myself as the black-hearted gypsy who had promised to bring Tommy out of his autistic condition but was actually a sexual monster, using drugs to break him. As I walked to the mike stand, someone stepped in fron...
I explained that he was slightly autistic and would run off as soon as we had company at home. On that rainy day, after the guest had left, we looked everywhere in the apartment complex for him, but we didn't expect him to have been in the building the whole time. He wouldn't ...
While Data's journey could be painfully relatable, it was his ultimate decision to remain just as he was when turning down Q's offer to become human that gave autistic kids like me the awareness we didn't have to be like all the others to be real. We could strive to function more ea...
Hi. Yeah, it is pretty hard to raise a child, I was scared too about it. You just have to follow your feelings, to teach him the very best you can. Kids need love and attention, and lots of care. It is actually not a problem, but a pleasure, to raise someone you love. To te...
When I wake up on summer mornings, I know I am going to my favorite place to volunteer and make a difference in someone's life just by being with him or her-a summer school for autistic(患孤独症的)children. By helping the kids read or do math, I am not only teaching important skil...
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