Autism and Its Many Comorbidities: Conditions, Deficits, and Challenges

• By: Karl Wittig, PE Aspies for Social Success (AFSS)
• July 19th, 2022
• actually autistic, comorbidities, eating disorders, gastrointestinal issues, intellectual disability, occurring conditions, physical coordination, psychiatric conditions, sensory issues, Summer 2022 Issue
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There is a popular and common saying within the autism community that “when you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” It becomes clear that this is true when one considers the variety of conditions which occur comorbidly with ASD. Being on the autism spectrum is...

The Critical Importance of Advocacy and Government Relations

• By: M. Christopher Tabakin, MS Melmark
• January 1st, 2013
• advocacy, autism support, civic engagement, disability services, elected officials, government, government relations, intellectual disability, lobbying, public policy
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The term “advocacy” often elicits many different thoughts. The actual word “advocacy” is defined as “the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.” We advocate all the time, and for many different things. Most are very worthwhile causes, and others are perhaps more trivial (have...