…mind and body were never designed for. It was 2014. I had just begun to fully join the autism community, and I was simultaneously fascinated by the beautiful diversity of…
…“autism awareness.” Here’s a revolutionary idea. Every time you see or hear something that says something about April being “Autism Awareness Month,” mentally replace that “awareness” word with “acceptance.” There…
…that should be commonplace. That should be the baseline assumption we have about autism events. But unfortunately it’s still very out of the ordinary. So I want to recognize the…
…Some parents go home, Google autism, and BOOM: Autism Speaks and Autism Research Institute appear. It is of significant importance to remember that heart-broken well-meaning parents are going to be…
LEADING ADVOCACY GROUP RUN BY AND FOR AUTISTIC ADULTS ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO MENENDEZ-ENZI-BROWN AUTISM LEGISLATION Community group says Combating Autism Act Extension would lock in place “an unacceptable status quo”…
…guidance on what ethical autism therapies look like and what genetic research should and should not be done about autism. Day in and day out, we tell policymakers that “Nothing…
…hateful portrayal of autism.) Age of Autism is an organization that disseminates flagrant misinformation and, like the larger and more infamous Autism Speaks, dedicates energy and funding to the project…
…Savage. On July 16th, Weiner announced: “Now, you want me to tell you my opinion on autism, since I’m not talking about autism? A fraud, a racket…You know what autism…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is deeply concerned by numbers released today by the Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) showing that autism research funding around services and adult issues…
Today, the Centers for Disease Control released the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network report, which estimates the prevalence of autism in certain areas. The results indicate that better…
