Autism and Friendship
By Judy Endow For many years having friends eluded me.
An Autistic Weighs in on Friendship
I am a professional person who works as an autism consultant to various school districts when I am not speaking and writing. I have an autism neurology myself so I enjoy the privilege of being able to see and experience autism from a variety of viewpoints. One thing that greatly pains me is the continuing wrong assumptions professional people make about autistics and how those wrong assumptions often get interpreted as fact.
Autism, Growing Up and Defining Friends
As an autistic, I have difficulties in the social arena
Autistics Can BE Friends
Just like people in the neuro majority do not automatically
Out of the Goodness of Your Heart
I have nothing against the goodness in the hearts of
Believing in Your Child and Why It Matters
"No one affects a child's day, dreams and future like a mother. Of course we are never perfect, but perfect is never the goal." Tonya Whitlock
Ollibean Mama Spotlight : Ariane Zurcher
"It means living in a society that embraces the diversity of human beings. It means inclusion is a way of life and manifests itself in every aspect of our culture, from the schools and education, to the work place and everything in between… It means paradise!" Ariane Zurcher
Happiness is Fireflies
This very sweet video, 'Fireflies' by The Jubilee Project is about two kids that connect in a beautiful way.
Bureaucrats
You look at me But you don’t see me You
Amy Sequenzia : Friendship and Respect
It is a mistaken idea that we, autistics, lack empathy. It is also a myth that we are not social. My friends and I, we understand and respect differences. And we understand that we all have a lot to contribute, in a diversity of manners.
Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society
The Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society is a British