I told this story in my keynote address at the HANd Autism & Neurodiversity Conference in fall 2019 at Appalachian … More
Tag: autism parenting
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 … More
Autism Adulthood: Caring for the Future and the Present Moment
Part of this piece was written for a recent conference talk—that actually instead turned into pure Q&A—so the beginning, at … More
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. … More
Women and Men and Autism: Love and Bathrooms
My son Nicholas, who is autistic, has never really differentiated between men and women. He’s not much of one for … More
Independence or Connection: Part 6 of a Talk on Autism
[This entry is the concluding post of a six-part series presenting my talk on autism delivered at the Autism and the … More
You As Autism or You As You: Part 5 of a Talk on Autism
[This entry is Part 5 of a six-part series presenting my talk on autism delivered at the Autism and the … More
Acceptance or Self-Acceptance: Part 4 of a Talk on Autism
[Part 4 of a six-part series presenting my talk on autism delivered at the Autism and the Pursuit of Happiness … More