by Dr. Jenny Palmiotto | Aug 20, 2018 | Love & Autism
We’ve had a year of activism, my children and I. Gracie and Oliver joined our fellow humanitarians at the Women’s March, as women’s rights are human rights. We sadly found ourselves among children who fear for their lives while attending school when we participated in...
by Dr. Jenny Palmiotto | Aug 6, 2018 | Love & Autism
I’m tired. I’m tired of the fight. Fighting takes something out of you and in our autism community it feels like there is a lot of fighting. Fighting for an initial diagnosis, fighting to keep the diagnosis, fighting to get services, fighting to find...
by Dr. Jenny Palmiotto | Jul 30, 2018 | Love & Autism
Around eighteen years ago, I met the first autistic person that I was told had this label. This was in my very first “real job.” I exited the world of waitressing to work in a residential group home managed by Devereux Treatment Center in Santa Barbara, CA. Five...
by Dr. Jenny Palmiotto | Jul 2, 2018 | Love & Autism
Dear Little One, When no one’s watching, let’s do our silly handshake. I’ll show you my goofy face and you will burst into giggles. We’ll let our giggles turn to wiggles and wiggle our way into a funny dance. Let’s find our own rhythm, our own...
by Dr. Jenny Palmiotto | Jun 25, 2018 | Love & Autism
Change is Happening! Sometimes I can get so passionate about what needs to change within our world as it relates to autism that I don’t spend enough time thinking about what is right and good. So often I help my clients scan their world for positive as a way to shift...