Autism Stories: Charlie Volotta
"I would like you all to understand that I am a non-speaker and I spent many years in silence. Many people believed I had very low cognition. I was unable to prove my intelligence up until I was intro...
23 Maalis 11min
Autism Stories: Min Lin
"When I started doing comedy, it happened after my autism diagnosis. So that was like a brief grieving period of, oh, you mean to tell me that I was never normal? Like I wasted all this time of my lif...
9 Maalis 21min
Autism Stories: Tre Wilson
"There have been many stories that captured the essence of my experiences, but I haven't found a singular form of representation where it's like all parts of me in one character because I'm so many th...
2 Maalis 25min
Autism Stories: Dr. Megan Neff
"Sometimes when we accidentally find sensory self-care, it can actually lead to shame. Stimming would be a perfect example of accidental sensory self-care. But then if we've got negative feedback arou...
23 Helmi 22min
Autism Stories: Jerome Lafayette Narramore
"And we need to dig and uncover the realities, or we're never going to heal. It's not going to happen. And for me, it's not about a reparation. It's more about a restoration of truths. I want the real...
16 Helmi 45min
Autism Stories: Isaac Gendler
"Water is a precious resource for all communities and war-affected communities even more so. I think when we talk about disasters, war being one of them, what's a lot more important than the disaster ...
9 Helmi 24min
Autism Stories: Chris Carazas
"Peace doesn't arrive like a sunrise. It limps in mud caked hollow eyed curled at the edge of my ribs like a sleeping dog I'm afraid to wake. Peace means owning that I'm autistic and also brilliant an...
2 Helmi 23min
