Autistic Lived Experience: Life Magazine Labeled Me “A Bright Child Who Can’t Learn”

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• October 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, Fall 2023 Issue, harmful language, misinformation, neurodivergence, public opinion, stereotypes, stigma, stigmatization, the media
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In April 2023, it was my distinct privilege to be invited to The Center School in Somerset, NJ, the special needs school where it all began for me as a Kindergartener back in the mid '70s, to give an author talk about my book A Long Walk Down a Winding Road. I felt as though I had triumphantly come...