When the Autistic Kid... This meme is offensive to autistic kids. It portrays us as idiots. One time, I saw a meme about autistic kids thinking a school shooting was a dance party. In reality, the kids would probably be overwhelmed by the noise, scared for their lives, and maybe even...
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact...
A theme that seems to be especially prominent with fans who fall under the autistic spectrum is that the Doctor was one of the only people or characters in the world that they could identify with. Thirteenth Doctor fan Katie Maxwell told us her story, and how the character of the Doctor ...
She cuts class, smokes, and is really disrespectful to her parents. I’ve only met her once, but as far as I know, she's not doing anything too bad; she's just kind of a sad kid and could really benefit from some therapy (I floated this by Josh but he said his parents are ki...
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Too many students get pushed by their parents to become a doctor, a lawyer, and hate it. You don’t want to end up doing that. … I find a lot of parents are so much into the verbal educational world. They don’t think to maybe have their autistic kid work at their friend’s fl...
The Adventure Kid The Alexander Technique The Alps The American South The Babysitter The Black Pill The Canyons The Center For Syncretic Studies The Civil War The Cold War The Crush The Dark Crystal The Deuce The Enlightenment The Faceless Man The Gospel of Gibson The Gr...
Autism is a disorder, a thing that challenges real people in real life and isn't just something to throw around as an insult. Plus, being autistic doesn't make someone an idiot, and the imbecile using it as an insult is proving then and there that not every idiot has any sort of ...
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…A Ford assembly line worker with an abusive husband and an autistic son is rescued by a strange babysitter who recognizes genius beneath the scars. Book illustrations are by my son, Jesse Kassel Pledge Drive: You’re Soaking In It. For the past half dozen years I’ve offered up this co...