“Autism Class”: Teaching Students in K-12 Autism Schools About Who They Are

• By: Michael John Carley Lindsay Wagner League School for Autism
• January 5th, 2026
• autistic education, inclusion, neurodiversity, peer mentoring, self-awareness, sensory processing, social skills, transition to adulthood, Winter 2026 Issue
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The new student looks understandably full of questions. "Hi!" I say, intentionally gregarious. "What's your name?" Which we exchange...I then give them a sly facial expression and tone—we autistics are bad at reading non-verbal communication, but we usually live long enough to learn a thing...