Autism Stories

Now when I work with a lot of semi-speaking, autistic young people, I demonstrate that I am very open about my diagnosis and I share the fact that I'm semi-speaking. It has worked absolute wonders wit...

12 Kesä 202317min

"With the adult autistic community in India and internationally, I realized that there was a huge gap of understanding of autism between parents and actually autistic people. I wanted to bridge this g...

8 Kesä 202325min

"The Ninja Turtles are something else entirely. The Ninja Turtles refuse to mask. They wear masks, but what are they gonna do? It's a little domino mask over a turtle face- they look like turtles. The...

5 Kesä 202324min

"When we talk about stereotypes, stereotypes don't always have to be all bad. For example, when you hear something like all Asians are smart, all Asians are math whizzes. All Indians are doctors and e...

1 Kesä 202318min

"There are autistic people who have identified wanting to hold down a typical job as their goal, and we want to honor that. There can be great benefits that come from working including community with ...

29 Touko 202322min

"I think we need to give the space and time and support to people that they need as they are learning to point at letters. A lot goes into a single successful point for a person with motor or movement...

25 Touko 202325min

"I'm an autistic, Asian-American, Jewish adoptee. This is something that makes me unique, it makes me feel special that I'm part of a few different, select communities. But it can also be really overw...

22 Touko 202331min

"I would like to see a complete rewriting of the narrative around autism. Because girls are still getting told their lives are going to be over. That they're not going to be able to have babies or wor...

18 Touko 202338min