Life Through an Autistic Lens: UFOs (Unexplainable Freak Outs)

• By: Rhonda Cheryl Solomon, MSc, PhD (cand.) University of Toronto
• June 15th, 2026
• autistic experiences, autistic perspective, emotional regulation, meltdowns, sensory overload, sensory processing, sensory triggers, unexplained reactions
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Labels. Not the mean kind. Not the kind that put you in your place, or that demystify you for others. The kind found on shirts, couches, dishtowels, and bedding. I'm feeling agitated just writing this. This is difficult for me. Labels. Tags. Those scrunched up, scratchy pieces of paper...

Autism’s Growing Problem

• By: Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Jewish Autism Network
• May 5th, 2023
• advocacy, COVID-19, education, finding support, hospitalization, housing crisis, Jewish Autism Network, meltdowns, parenting, residential school, summer camp
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As kids with autism become teenagers and adults, fewer and fewer services are available to help them and their families In March 2020, my wife and I dropped our teenage son off at a residential school for kids with autism in Boston. It was the day after Purim - just before the world seemed to...