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Advocacy

Grievance-Based Parent Organizations Are Autism’s MAGA Movement

Posted on November 16, 2022November 17, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

If you’re the parent of autistic child or adult, and you are also horrified by the blatant misinformation being peddled and swallowed by MAGA truthers, you should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parents and organizations.

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Autism

Supernova Momma on Positive Parenting While Black and Autistic

Posted on August 30, 2022September 13, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

“I have to be realistic about the community that I am nurturing in, and the community for my children and for the parents that I help, as a Black autistic woman.”

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ABA

Which Therapies Actually Help Autistic Children?

Posted on July 8, 2022July 10, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Why parents of autistic kids need to be cautious and thoughtful about the therapies they consider for their children.

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Autistic

Talking with Asian American autistic autism researcher Jenny Mai Phan

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Jenny Mai Phan is an Asian American autistic autism researcher, an Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) member, and the mother of four children, two of whom are autistic.

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Advocacy

Ask an Epidemiologist: Dr. Rene Najera on Vaccines, Masks, And Trusted COVID Info Sources

Posted on April 11, 2022May 5, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We talked with epidemiologist Dr. Rene Najera about the state of COVID vaccines, masks, and trusted sources for pandemic information—as well as why he doesn’t like to use the word “booster.”

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Autism

Creating a “Profound Autism” Category Is Segregation, Not Progress

Posted on December 8, 2021May 9, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

The term “profound autism” is not very useful to parents like me, or autistic people like my son. Instead, parents need connection with the communities who understand our kids’ high-support traits, like the disability and non-speaking communities—in addition to the wider autistic community.

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Autism

Little Victories: Publishers Need to Stop Framing Resenting Autistic Children as “Love”

Posted on October 8, 2021May 24, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Please, avoid this deceptively heartwarming tale. It mostly only models how to make questionable choices as a parent of an autistic child, and that can only hurt autistic children. 

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abuse

Wouldn’t You Want to Know If Your Autistic Child Was Being Harmed?

Posted on August 10, 2021June 30, 2022 by Autistic Science Person

I truly do not know why some parents don’t want to listen to autistic adults. There is so much good autism information for parents from autistic adults, and so much of it is freely available, and yet the parents choose not to know. 

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Accessibility

We Asked An Epidemiologist: COVID-19 Vaccine Myths and Facts

Posted on December 16, 2020April 7, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

“I like to remind people that health departments and institutions are not just the buildings: There’s mothers and fathers and uncles and aunts and brothers and sisters working there. And we have people who we care about, people who are from all walks of life. And we are doing it for them as well.”

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ABA

Why No Autistic Child Should Be in ABA Therapy

Posted on October 21, 2020May 28, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

If early intervention professionals truly want to serve autistic children, then they need to transition to better ways to guide our autistic kids, ways that don’t crush those children’s spirits and hearts.

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