The School Consultation Project: An Avenue to Support Autistic Students and Empower Educators

• By: Krista Drapalik, BA Erica Davis, LMSW Jane Ann Worlock, MSEd Kristin V. Christodulu, PhD University at Albany Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
• April 1st, 2022
• challenging behaviors, communication, education, evidence-based intervention, functional behavior assessment, school, Spring 2022 Issue, teachers
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Autistic individuals who exhibit challenging behaviors are increasingly likely to hold communication deficits, require supports in daily routines, and are less likely to be placed in inclusive school settings (Lory…

The Do’s and Don’ts of Supporting Autistic Students in Schools

• By: Cynthia Wen Stanford Neurodiversity Project
• April 1st, 2022
• accomodations, actually autistic, education, inclusion, neurodiversity, school, self-regulation, Spring 2022 Issue, staff training, teachers
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…Digital 4 Good award, where I’ll give a pitch to the CEO’s of prestigious Silicon Valley tech companies like TikTok and Intel and compete for mentorship to help me further…

Autism, Masking, and Sense of Self

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• September 29th, 2022
• actually autistic, confidence, conflict avoidance, Fall 2022 Issue, fitting in, masking, self-acceptance, self-esteem, stimming, unmasking
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…disproportionately high unemployment/underemployment rates, to name but a few examples. After all, we have no choice but to contend with rules around socialization and behavior which were not written with…

“Putting Me in My IEP”: Encouraging Self-Advocacy in Younger Students

• By: Amanda Bailey The Autism/Asperger Network (AANE)
• January 2nd, 2023
• accommodations, advocacy, children, disclosure, IEP team meetings, IEPs, school, self-advocacy, self-awareness, self-determination, Winter 2023 Issue
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…and invite them to participate however they may be comfortable doing so. Children may visit the meeting space ahead of time. Previewing who will be sitting around the table and…

Late-Diagnosed Autism and Camouflaging in People Assigned Female at Birth

• By: Britt Boylan (They/Them) Naropa University Student Pursuing an MA in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling
• April 9th, 2023
• adult diagnosis, camouflaging, diagnosis, diagnostic barriers, gender, inclusive diagnostic criteria, living authentically, masking, societal expectations, Spring 2023 Issue
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…adulthood at a higher rate compared to people assigned male at birth (AMAB) (Wood-Downie et al., 2020). I was diagnosed autistic in November 2021 at twenty-six years old. It came…

Virtual Reality: A Tool for Making Healthcare More Accessible to Patients with Autism

• By: Evelyn Chan, MD SmileyScope
• April 11th, 2023
• healthcare, healthcare anxiety, needle phobia, pain reduction, phobia management, Spring 2023 Issue, virtual reality
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…how they receive healthcare. Virtual reality (VR) is hoping to help with that. How Virtual Reality Helps with Healthcare Anxiety Children with and without autism often have needle phobia. This…

Why Didn’t My Pre-Diagnosis Clinicians Bring Up the Possibility of Autism?

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• April 11th, 2023
• actually autistic, adult diagnosis, diagnosis, fitting in, masking, neuropsychological evaluation, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma
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…knowing that the outcome she saw coming would not be her fault if it did in fact come to pass. It was then that I came to realize that the…

An Autistic Woman’s Success Story: Kaelynn Partlow, Therapist, Dog Trainer, and Star of the Hit Netflix Series “Love on the Spectrum”

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• July 5th, 2023
• acceptance, actually autistic, courage, Love on the Spectrum, misrepresentation, netflix, raising awareness, service animals, Summer 2023 Issue, therapy, tv show, underrepresentation, unmasking
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…autistic adults assembled by Autism Ontario who reviewed the show commented that actor Freddie Highmore’s portrayal of Dr. Murphy came across as being a composite of his previous neurodivergent and…

New York Vulnerable: A Look at the Governor’s New Mental Health Plan

• By: Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Jewish Autism Network
• July 27th, 2023
• call to action, funding, neurodivergent youth, New York State, opinion, youth mental health, youth with disabilities
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…instincts were evident in her commonsense, get-down-to-business attitude, which is infused with profound compassion and empathy. It’s all too easy to be cynical about the promises of politicians, but I,…

Don’t Divide the Autism Spectrum: Unite the Whole Community

• By: Robert Naseef, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Parent of an Adult Autistic Son
• August 21st, 2023
• access to services, autism acceptance, labels, language, neurodiversity, opinion, profound autism, severe autism
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…boards. His social media links can be found at https://linktr.ee/RNaseef. This article has been reprinted with permission. You may view the original article, published on August 20, 2023, at https://drrobertnaseef.wordpress.com/2023/08/20/dont-divide-the-autism-spectrum-unite-the-whole-community….