Stories about advocacy and topics about autism. Change starts here.
5 Ways Love & Autism Has Changed Me
Autistic rights are a human rights. Autistic rights are not just a charity cause to make those in the neuro-majority feel good for ‘helping out some kids’. All of us, together, need to care about the rights of autistic people.
When No One is Watching: Our Time Together In Therapy
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 way of being together....
7 Positive Things In Our Autism Community That Are Changing The World
As much as there are so many things that I want to change in this world. There is still a lot of good. There are kind people, new ideas, people that are risking emotional exposure to share their ideas, change makers and activists. In in all of this, there is always LOVE.
Be-You-tiful
Set an intention in your heart to discover what it means to be you. Find a therapist that can help you on your authenticity journey. Stay tuned for our annual gathering, Love & Autism, where this year’s theme is all about authenticity—Be-You-tiful. It’s going to be beautiful.
Love & Suicide
Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. The news hit all of us hard. Maybe for some of us, this news feels like a punch in the gut because we experience these feelings or we love someone that does. Suicide ideation and suicide completion may be hard for some to understand. We...
David and Me
Now, he will be that bridge to those who didn’t believe their voices matter. You can’t get to that place with standardized intellectual levels or by achieving good grades, even by being accepted to a prestige college. You get there by truly understanding what is temporary and what is permanent in life.
Valuing the Autistic Identity Worldview
How do you support the development of healthy self-esteem and confidence for autistics if you don’t see that a fundamental part of them has value. The answer is, you don’t. You’ll miss them and they will miss you. It’s human nature.
Love and Autism: Fact or Fiction
Remember that continuing to rise up and being brave enough to share your story is an act of courage and a sign of resilience. You are never alone. Your peers, willing to fight with you, can be found at Love & Autism.
Membership is Now Open!
I think most of us can see glaring inadequacies in the way autistic people are treated in this world. Together we will create a fundamental shift in how we communicate about autism at all levels.
Creating A Better World; Autistic or Not
Autistic, allistic, neurodivergent, or neurotypical…all of our children require us to adopt practices where each human being is able to define themselves not by a diagnostic checklist but by their authentic self. Let’s create a world together.
