Mission Children’s Hospital and Mission Health have a regular column in The Biltmore Beacon, a weekly publication in the South … More
Category: Autism / Disability
Autism Nation: Implications for a 1-in-68 Planet
Let’s begin here: Whether April is Autism Awareness Month or Autism Acceptance Month, I think the place where autism awareness … More
Mountain Xpress article about Family Support Network
Hi everyone! New real blog post coming later this week, but I wanted to link to an article about Family … More
On Blackness and Autism, Identity and Essence
Often I’m asked “What are you?” Racial and ethnic identity inform so much in our culture. The question asked really … More
The Egg Chair: Spinning for Speech
When my son Nicholas was one and a half he lost all his speech. He couldn’t even make coherent sounds. … More
The Autistic Spectacle
My son Nicholas is 13, and he juggles balls and rings. Sometimes we talk about him becoming an entertainer or … More
On Disorder: Autism, Lovingkindness, and a Call for a New ASD Acronym
ASD stands for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Disorder. Disorder means something’s wrong. So something is wrong with you if ASD is … More
Roads Not Taken: Lessons in Autism, Inclusion, and Life
Most of us tend to interpret the world in ways that validate the choices we’ve made and confirm our rightness. … More
Huh? What?
Many people with autism, including my son Nicholas, struggle with verbal communication and clarity of shared social meaning. But most … More
What we know.
My son, Nicholas, is 13 and has autism. He often understands things people don’t think he understands and doesn’t understand … More
