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The singer Sia, a white woman, singing into a microphone. She is wearing a divided black and blond long bobbed wig that obscures her face. She has an enormous white satiny bow on her head and is wearing a top made of the same material.
Autism

Now That We Know Sia Is Autistic

Posted on May 31, 2023June 1, 2023 by Anonymous

When autistic people aren’t centered in things about us, it creates an ecosystem where an autistic person like Sia who does not understand herself as autistic creates a film like “Music.”

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Autism

Autism Rates Are Now 1 in 36. Here’s Why That Is a Good Thing.

Posted on March 24, 2023March 27, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

The new 1 in 36 autism rate means the CDC is getting better at finding and diagnosing existing autistic children, not that there is actually a higher rate of autism.

Photo of a smiling Black toddler with curly black hair up in puffs, sitting in a Black adult's lap, while a smiling medical professional interacts with them. We need more friendly and informed professionals conducting autism diagnoses.
Autism

About That Study on “Preventing” Autism Diagnoses, and How Autism Researchers Can Do Better

Posted on October 22, 2021May 23, 2022 by Patrick Dwyer, MA; Lucas Harrington, PsyD; and Ava Gurba, BS 

What if the headlines had read, “Autism doesn’t have to be a problem if children are understood and supported”?

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Finding the Right Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) For Your Autistic Child

Posted on May 14, 2020May 14, 2022 by Julie Roberts, M.S., CCC-SLP

After your loved one receives a diagnosis of Autism, people may bombard you with (possibly unsolicited) advice for next steps. One such step you may actually want to consider is to seek the services of a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP).

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Autism

After an Autism Diagnosis: 13 Necessary Next Steps For Parents

Posted on March 23, 2017June 7, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

If your child has recently been diagnosed with autism, as my son was in 2003, here’s what I want you to know: Learn from me, don’t be me.

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Autism

Parents: Don’t Hide Your Children’s Autism Diagnosis From Them

Posted on February 22, 2017July 29, 2022 by Reid Knight

Since I didn’t know I was autistic, I just assumed there was something wrong with me and that I deserved what I got. I learned that intrinsically, I was less than a person, since I didn’t have a framework to tell me otherwise.

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Autistic

Passing: How to Play Normal

Posted on August 10, 2012March 19, 2023 by R. Larkin Taylor-Parker

I started playing tuba at twelve, but passing for non-autistic is my longest running show. It takes more practice to fake facial expressions than make a forty-pound horn play sixteenth notes.

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Autism

Jean’s Adult Diagnosis Story

Posted on June 27, 2012April 28, 2022 by Jean Winegardner

I am very grateful to have this new piece of information about myself. I don’t consider my diagnosis to be an answer to all my life’s problems, nor do I consider it to be a deficit. What I see it as is a new lens to see my behavior through.

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