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Girls and Women with an ASD, Contribute to Our New Book!
Happy holidays and happy New Year everyone! I am the lead author of the book Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum, which many of you are familiar with, in part because of your contributions of your…
Read More →The Value of a Parent Mentoring Chain
Okay, I admit it. My normally sunny, positive disposition occasionally suffers (spirals?) into an abyss of self-doubt, despair and worry. When I get that way, I have a gift I can rely on time and time again… I’ve learned…
Read More →Dad’s In Heaven With Nixon – Autism Documentary
Janice Murray had refused to accept how the psychiatrists and physicians portrayed her son’s autism diagnosis over 40 years ago. They painted a future picture of her son Chris’ life as devastatingly grim with recommendations…
Read More →Autistic Self-Advocates Preparing to be Loud
In my previous two posts, Real Communication Shutdown and Autistics Speaking Day, I proposed that on November 1st, instead of shutting down our online communication, that online Autistics be loud. The idea is that since NTs are taking…
Read More →Navigating the ‘Other’ Category
As always, when girding myself to face a novel experience, (in this case, my first autism conference), I turned to the most reliable source of comfort and understanding, the internet. There I stumbled across…
Read More →Residential Abuse and Neglect
For years we have been told to not lock our pets in our cars even in cool weather. Public service announcements have flooded the media warning of the dangers that quickly arise causing heatstroke and…
Read More →The Day the World Turned Upside Down
On April 24, 2010, The Carson family was unaware of just how upside down their world was going to become. Baker, 13 autistic son, had been home from school for a few days. I was…
Read More →ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development
Shana Nichols, PhD, psychologist and former Clinical Director of the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism, is pleased to announce the June 2010 opening of her new clinic, ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development, in Melville, NY (110…
Read More →Serving it Up Susan Murphy Milano Style
Surviving domestic abuse and stalking means strategic planning and playing it smart. When faced with daily survival tasks and overwhelming fears, a victim is too often left with no time to properly construct a safety…
Read More →Answers, Autism, and Acceptance
She felt different from other people for as long as she could remember. After years of wrong diagnosis, and failed treatments which never felt right, Lori began to feel like her world was beginning to…
Read More →Court Sanctioned Child Abuse: Taking a Look at the Ugly Truth [VIDEOS] Included
Not only do I have personal connections to others who have suffered this kind of tragedy, but I have become increasingly aware of these issues since the Autism Women’s Network Forum went online in January. The number…
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