Autism Stories: Emily Casanova

"When I hear autistic people having struggles and I hear parents having struggles, they are almost always the same struggles. What it is, is the system isn't helping us so I'm trying to get us all o...

11 Jan 202124min

"There are some difficulties that people like me have with websites, technology, and with other things that often don't get addressed. I say have you considered this, considered that, can we do this?...

4 Jan 202145min

"Even in stores, this time of year with christmas music, there's no reason for it be at that level over and over again. There's no need for that constant input of noise. If autistics ran the world we...

28 Des 202030min

"I don't think there is anyone that specializes in money and autistics. If there is a money topic, its a general or boring money topic thats usually directed more at parents of children with high sup...

21 Des 202044min

"It might take a little more training, but if you have someone neurodiverse they might have new ways of doing that position and it might end up being more efficient and better for the company," says ...

14 Des 202019min

"We have to stop looking at vocabulary as the main source of communication. If you talk with a person with autism you need to learn their communication. There is writing, sign language, there are oth...

7 Des 202016min

"The medical model is really set up for non-disabled people to access healthcare. One of the biggest things is communication. It's sort of assumed that speaking words and hearing them without delay is...

30 Nov 202025min

"When you learn you are autistic or accept you are autistic you learn you have been correct your whole life. You have ways you need to start doing things and they need to be individualized. Learn how ...

23 Nov 202030min