autism's gadfly

As many people know, autism speaks dropped the word 'cure' from their mission statement about two years ago.  Until today.  I was un...

Husband and wife researchers Manuel and Emily Casanova have recently come out with a new book about the current state of the art about knowl...

Severely autistic children often run away from home for reasons that are not necessarily apparent.  There have been instances when these chi...

Recently, a new hashtag has emerged on twitter.  #endautismnow.  predictably, many neurodiversity proponents have taken umbrage at this, and...

Neurodiversity proponents have been very effective in getting their message across and influencing policy making, both in the federal govern...

Here's another video of my stand up act, performed at the Improv for my class.  I did stammer in a few places and the performance could ...

The neurodiversity movement has wielded considerable influence in American autism policy and thinking, both in government and the private se...