Autism Stories: Mary Ellen Greacen

"For instance, for my community, it would be around creating a space of solidarity.So really just understanding that if you're working on diversity, equity, and inclusion in Europe, and on top of that...

29 Sep 202526min

"Then because of my testimony and the result of the litigation ending in a settlement with the school district, paying for me to go to a private school for autistic students, I think it was at that ot...

22 Sep 202528min

"When you look at universal design, it’s about creating things that benefit the larger population, while taking into account those edge cases. A good design helps everyone, not just a subset of the co...

15 Sep 202540min

"The intent [of my podcast] is to look to change people's idea of non-speaking autism. I want them to know me and get a glimpse of how people like me function. Only listen to understand, that the podc...

8 Sep 202513min

"So for me, I'm always learning. And I think being Jewish or autistic is a very intriguing and interesting combination because it's an ongoing quest to integrate and work with thesedifferent parts of ...

1 Sep 202531min

"Too often, society confuses speech with intelligence, but speech is only one form of communication. I and many others have valuable contributions, even when we do not use our speech",says Dr. Emile G...

25 Aug 202528min

"In trying to recover from autistic burnout myself, I created this five-phase framework that uses an intersectional lens because as I was saying earlier, autism shows up for me quite differently than ...

11 Aug 202525min

"Any clinician who is diagnosing needs to understand the value of the diagnosis. So despite the fact that, yes, we can give you a diagnosis with lots of stigma placed upon you, [...] there's a value t...

4 Aug 202525min