#autism

#autism

"It's not some abstract issue. This is about whether I get to live my life." After transitioning, everything shifted. My daughter found hope, felt joy, and had the energy to connect with new friends.

The most obvious, omnipresent realities are often the hardest to see. For me, autism is that water; the invisible medium through which I experience life.

When my son Sam was seven or eight years old, he spent a good bit of time on weekends upside down on a floral-print armchair in our living room.

"They require the supervision of a 2-year-old because they don't always understand danger. It's pretty stressful on a regular basis."

The invitation to the birthday party indicates that your son is already being held in mind by peers, which is a positive sign for his social integration.

We've seen this firsthand. At a small program we run, daily routines often include time in nature. Sometimes a brisk walk in the woods, sometimes just sitting outside for some morning sunlight. The shift in our students is visible. They return from even a 15-minute walk more regulated, more connected, and better prepared to learn.

Society sells us a fantasy that 'real adults' effortlessly juggle everything... Well, secret files reveal: This mythical adult doesn't exist.

Avoidance means that we will deliberately stay away from or not engage with something, such as a situation, task, person, or emotion, to avoid a perceived failure.

Chris Bryant, a rising comic with autism spectrum disorder, emphasizes that his diagnosis brought him relief and understanding, paving the way for deeper self-acceptance.

To be candid, I didn't find out that I was truly autistic - of course I had my assumptions through my life - until we did the casting process for All Stars 10 and I went in for my psychiatric evaluation.

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning.

Chris' story made me reflect on my own life. I realized that I shared many traits with him that I had never connected to autism.

"I've been reading a lot lately. Have you read One Hundred Years of Solitude? That book really moved me. I think it could be the most beautiful book I've ever read."

I couldn't land a consistent job I wanted. I started working in retail, first at Tiffany & Co., but I didn't make it through training.

I never made an active choice to change myself to fit the world around me; it was simply the price of existing in spaces outside my own home in Queensland, Australia.

The government needs to seriously rethink its approach to the Prevent programme, and in the meantime, authorities need to properly monitor the programme's equality impact.

John Carpenter's "Starman" represents emotional catharsis and an idealistic America, marking a nostalgic film experience for the author since their childhood in 1984.

In Florida, a state where water abounds from beaches to backyards, over 100 children who had autism or were being evaluated for it have drowned since the start of 2021.

Autism is a difference in how someone's brain works that shapes how they interact with the world, affecting social communication and behavior.

"We're using this partnership to uncover the root causes of autism and other chronic diseases," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement.

Yet, these last few weeks, 'Love on the Spectrum' landed as an exception to my avoidance. With the release of the third season, I kept hearing about it.

Stellaluna's journey of belonging reflects the struggles of feeling different, akin to my experiences growing up struggling with social norms as an autistic child.

When I heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an 'epidemic' that 'destroys families,' I felt like I had stepped into a time machine heading in the wrong direction.

Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke has set a Guinness World Record for the world's largest art canvas, measuring 12,304 square meters, to promote awareness for autism.