Elizabeth Torres on Autistic Neuromotor Differences: The TPGA Interview

Photo © Shannon Des Roches Rosa[image: two white kids in bathing suits running on a beach towards some waves.]Elizabeth Torres is Director and Principal Investigator at the New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence, and a researcher at Rutgers University,...

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I'm The Parent of a "Severe" Autistic Teen. I Oppose the National Council on Severe Autism.

Shannon Des Roches Rosasquidalicious.comLeo making me make fart noises, because that is never not funny to him.[image: Photo of the author's teen son squeezing her cheeks so she will makea raspberry sound with her mouth. Both are wearing hats, outdoors.]Last...

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CinemAbility: A Review

CinemAbility poster via Amazon.com[image: Movie poster featuring a shadowyphoto of a person in a wheelchair, seen frombehind. Headshot of the actors Jane Seymour,Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, Marlee Matlin,William H. Macy, and Geena Davis arearranged in a...

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A Documentary About “Scary” Kids Scares Me—On Behalf of the Kids

One of the families featured in A Dangerous Son (Source: HBO)[image: A white family of four, with two young kids, on a couch together.]Kit Meadkpagination.wordpress.comContent note: Discusses violence and abuse regarding children with mental illness...

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The World Is Such a Loud Place And It Seldom Stops Talking

Photo © dan_giles | Flickr / Creative Commons[image: A red lit-up mute button featuring a crossed-out microphone symbol.]Sara Earhartseekingsara174.comHearing is the sense that gives me the most trouble to the point that I often wish I had a mute button...

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Sesame Street's Julia: What An Inclusive World Should Look Like

[image: partial view of Sara, who has dark hair in pigtails and is wearing a dark pink shirt, smiling. She sits with a Julia doll, holding onto the doll’s hand. The Julia doll has bright orange hair in pigtails and green eyes, looks happy, and is...

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“Can My Child Ever Learn to Speak?” Authentic Communication and Autistic People

Photo © Kasia_Jot | Flickr / Creative Commons[image: Photo of a young blonde girl standing outside a wooden door painted with aqua paint. Her legs are crossed atthe ankle. She is holding on to the door handle with one hand.]Ann Memmottannsautism.blogspot.comOften,...

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