Autism's Past, Present, and Future: An Interview With 'NeuroTribes' Author...
Steve Silberman is not the first writer to invest a significant chunk of his life in a book about autism. But he's the first whose book NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of...
View Article5 Reasons Autism Communities Are Divided (and Why That’s Not Necessarily a...
I hate conflict, yet the autism corners of the Internet -- where I spent most of my online time -- are rarely without it. So I get why well-intentioned parents and professionals periodically send out...
View ArticleWhat Kinds of Therapies Actually Help Autistic Kids?
At two-and-a-half, my autistic son spoke more often than several other kids in his regional center-funded speech and language class. Two years later, several of those kids talked non-stop, whereas my...
View ArticleThoughtful Gifts For Your Favorite Autistic People
Be thoughtful. That's the best advice I can give to anyone looking for gifts for autistic friends and loved ones. Ask after what they really like, want, or need, and be ready to embrace free-thinking...
View ArticleHow Can We Do Better By Our Autistic Girls?
Autism is different for girls, and not only because fewer girls than boys get autism diagnoses. Autistic women and girls not only tend to have different traits than autistic boys do, but are also...
View Article11 Ways to Make Your Autistic Child's Life Easier
Loving that autistic child of yours with all your heart is a wonderful, precious experience. If you’re not autistic yourself, though, even the purest love won't help you understand how being autistic...
View ArticleWhich Candidates Give a Damn About Autism and Disability Issues?
The current slate of POTUS contenders makes me uneasy, especially when it comes to what so many of them have to say about autism and disability issues. Most of the candidates really don't get what our...
View ArticleForget Awareness. Let's Make It Autism Acceptance Month
April is all about autism acceptance for me, and also for most of the autism families and autistic people I hang with. Why the focus on acceptance, and not merely the "awareness" so many autism...
View ArticleThe Informed Parent: Here's How to Be One
In this info-glut age, few areas teem with more bewildering contradictions than the realm of pregnancy and parenting advice. Thankfully, science writers Emily Willingham and Tara Haelle, both parents...
View ArticleFive Big Mistakes Parents of Autistic Kids Can Avoid
If you're the parent of an autistic kid, you probably get advice thrown at your head from every angle, all day long. You may even be all done with advice. And I hear you, because I am you. But I also...
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