Neurodiversity

My Hopes For The Future Of Autism Awareness

Todd Drezner | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Autism Awareness, Neurodiversity, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Acceptance, Accepting Autism, Healthy Living News
Todd Drezner

It's April 2021. Still riding high two months after her inauguration, the first female President of the United States (do I even need to mention her name?) turns her attention to the upcoming Autism Acceptance Month.

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Can We Do More To Accommodate Autism?

Todd Drezner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Loving Lampposts, Autism, Neurodiversity, Living With Autism, Accommodating Autistic People, Accommodating Autism, Healthy Living News
Todd Drezner

Scientific research into the causes of autism will continue, and the best of that research will help us better understand autism. But we need to balance research with investments that can improve the lives of autistic people now.

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Learning To Embrace Autism

Todd Drezner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living With Autism, Autism Acceptance, Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic, Autism Research, Autism Awareness Month, Autism, Neurodiversity, Autism Vaccines, Healthy Living News
Todd Drezner

My conclusions may surprise you, especially if you've grown used to hearing autism described as a soul-stealing prison that plunges families into unending misery.

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Happy Thanksgiving: All I Can Handle in this Age of Autism

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Environmental Health, Age of Autism, Kim Stagliano, Dan Olmsted Environment, Asperger's Syndrome, Vodka, Vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy, Autism Community, Valium, Mark Blaxill, Happy Thanksgiving, Slidepollajax, Mercury, Mother Theresa, Vacation, Autism, Neurodiversity, All I Can Handle, Florida, Naa, San Diego, Blessings, Thanksgiving, Conference, Nationa Autism Association, Thanksgiving 2010, Impact News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

We each have our own truths. Our beliefs may be different, but our goals are the same: a happy, healthy, love-filled and productive life -- as independent and self-determined as possible.

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The Quiet Bastion of Invalid Repudiation

Anthony Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability, Neurodiversity, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Cerebral Palsy, Impact News
Anthony Collins

We're not a legal minority, we have no flag (we're typically incapable of marches anyway) and there are no social movements lobbying exclusively for our deferred American Dream.

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The Disability, Health Care and Employment Connection

Ari Ne'eman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Social Security, Disability Rights, Employment, Health Care Reform, Autism, Disability, Disability-Benefits, Medicare, Neurodiversity, Medicaid, Politics News
Ari Ne'eman

Amy, a 22-year-old with a spinal cord injury, is caught in a vicious catch-22. If she goes to work, she will lose the assistance that makes it possible for her to work and live independently in the first place.

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