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 HannahPicot081 | Jul 16, 2018 | Love & Autism
What we say matters. What we say shapes how we think and move through the world. What other people say about us serves as the foundation for our self-perception and self-worth. We know this. You know this. Yet there appears to be a disconnect between this...
by Love & Autism Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Event News, Love & Autism
Its our fifth year of Love & Autism. When I look back through the years, it’s clear that Love & Autism has grown from its humble beginnings. Yet, it is not just the Love & Autism event that has changed, but I’ve changed because of the Love & Autism...
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...