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Beyond a Minute: Changing Our Perspective Towards Autism Takes Time
A few months ago, an educator working in the field of autism shared a video titled Nazar Ka Fark (Difference in perspective). It was promoted with a powerful message: watch this one-minute video and see how your life changes. I watched it. As the father of a 17-year-old son on the autism...
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How Adaptive Dance Can Help Autistic Adolescents Build Confidence and Connection
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2025), about 1 in 31 (3.2%) children aged 8 years have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Adolescents with autism often have difficulties with social communication and interactions with peers, characterized by a...
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The Right to Learn: One Nonspeaking Autistic Student’s Case for Educational Access and Dignity
Beginning as a small child, school is where you make friends and learn to process the world around you. Most of modern society is formed on the basis that people have received a formal education. Whether that education be from primary to high school, or onward to a college education, it is presumed...
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The Quietest People in the Room Often Have the Most to Say
Note: Names and identifying details have been changed to protect privacy. The phone rang on a weekend. On the other end was a young woman from one of our community-based programs. Just hours earlier, she had experienced every child's nightmare. She had witnessed her mother suffer a fatal...
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Beyond the Autistic Barbie: Seeing Children as They Truly Are
“Mummy, I want the autistic Barbie for Christmas.” It’s an ordinary request on the surface — a child asking for a doll — but it reveals something larger about the moment we’re in. Neurodiversity has become a storyline the marketplace is eager to package: a label here, a superpower...
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“Autism Class”: Teaching Students in K-12 Autism Schools About Who They Are
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...
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Hiring Autistic College Graduates in STEM: A Best-Practices Model
Businesses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can better employ autistic students. 85% of autistic college students after having graduated for 5 years are currently underemployed or unemployed in the industry (Advanced Autism Services, 2025). A model of best practices for...
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Challenge of Being an Autistic Higher Education Teacher in Brazil
This article discusses the challenge of including autistic teachers in higher education in Brazil, highlighting the scarcity of people diagnosed with autism working as university professors. In addition to these scarce university professors with autism, the first author of the article has the same...
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More Than Work: Autism, Stigma, and the Power of Belonging
What could karaoke possibly have to do with autism and workplace stigma? We’ll get to that, but first, allow us to explain what we do for a living. We are both privileged to work in the Employment Program at an agency called Job Path, where we match people with autism and other disabilities...
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Co-Mentorship: A Catalyst for Fighting Stigma and Career Success
Autistic professionals bring critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and unique insight to the workforce. Yet many face persistent stigma and misunderstanding that hinder their full participation in professional spaces. Misconceptions about communication styles, social behavior, and sensory...
