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Republicans Have Autistic Children, Too

I think we widely recognize the silos of information and perspective we now live in, as a society and as…

autism, autism acceptance, autism advocacy, autism awareness, neurodiversity

Podcast Interview of Ray Hemachandra on Converge Autism Radio

Earlier this week I recorded a podcast with Melanie Vann for Springbrook’s Converge Autism Radio. It posted today. The podcast…

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Autism Adulthood: Caring for the Future and the Present Moment

Part of this piece was written for a recent conference talk, so the beginning, at least, starts off pretty formally…

autism, autism acceptance, autism adulthood, autism advocacy, autism parenting, IDD, intellectual disability

What’s Most Important

We’re in Charlotte waiting for my son Nicholas’ Remicade infusion right now.  We both got up early this morning and…

autism, autism acceptance, autism blogs, kindness, neurodiversity

2-Minute Zipping for Autism 2018 Highlight Video!

I have served on the organizing committee for Zipping for Autism for three years. The annual event raises money—now about…

asheville, autism, autism acceptance, autism advocacy, fundraiser, ziplining

Valuing Disabled Lives—and Remembering Lives Lost

The Day of Mourning, an event remembering and honoring disabled people murdered by family members or caregivers, is held on March…

acceptance, autism, autism acceptance, autism advocacy, day of mourning, disability, neurodiversity

Poem: late dreams, autumn

late dreams, autumn some flowers open and close day and night, blossom and fall spring and autumn. i do the same on…

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Definition as Destiny: Breaking Autistic Boundaries

We define autism, clinically and socially. It’s a construct, clustering people with certain human characteristics together. Here’s what autism is.…

autism, autism acceptance, autism blog, autism blogs, autism parenting, neurodiversity, parenting

Poem: Round the Corner

Round the Corner I never really had a crush on her. I always wanted to so pretty and friendly the…

poem, poet, poetry

Backward, Forward, One, Two, Three

One One of the best experiences of my life was four decades ago at summer camp, Camp Killooleet, in Hancock,…

50, acceptance, autism, autism acceptance, bullying, midlife, neurodiversity

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