Autism Stories: Mykie Mubarak
"Tone tags have taught me the importance of advocating for my needs, while also accepting that not everyone will understand or accommodate them. When people do respect that request though, it makes co...
21 Des 202412min
Autism Stories: David Gunter
"Maybe I could say I'm autistic out loud at a meeting at work. So I'm finding that as I stand up and talk about autism a lot of people at work are reaching out to me discreetly saying, hey I don't wan...
9 Des 202430min
Autism Stories: Bridgette Hamstead
"I used to encounter burnout a lot when I was undiagnosed because I was a bit of a perfectionist. Everything had to be perfect all the time. And I had to, you know, you hear that people tell you, give...
2 Des 202433min
Autism Stories: Dr. Miyabe Shields
"There's a lot of neurodivergent scientists that are [...] becoming more confident in calling ourselves neurodivergent scientists. We are, you know, leaving academia. We are operating outside of the s...
25 Nov 202454min
Autism Stories: Katie Rose Guest Pryal
"I'm going to make the claim. We want to be creative. We want to have agency over our lives. [...] But if you're in a workplace or a home life or whatever kind of environment where those options aren'...
18 Nov 202434min
Autism Stories: Michael Klein
""You know, I think [NASCAR is] doing a pretty good job right now when it comes to sensory needs, because you go to the tracks and you'll see earbuds for children. I've seen some tracks that have full...
11 Nov 202415min
Autism Stories: Neisha Hirsch
"One of the biggest parts of how I move through my life is when I deal with stress or overwhelm, is to have some sort of practice to channel that energy forward instead of letting it spin into anxiety...
4 Nov 202419min
Autism Stories: Kadin McElwain
"With online learning, I can concentrate better on what truly matters, which is my academics. In fact, for junior and senior year of college, I'm doing fully online, not necessarily to save money, but...
28 Okt 202410min
