Dr. Shannan Palma

"Snakes are so instinctual. I mean, all animals are, but snakes...they're elegant and magnificent. They know when to take time for themselves. They're not pack animals. I think as autistic people, we ...

1 Feb 202424min

"I just feel like a very normal person sharing my life. Sometimes that can be boring. I'm a college student, I'm a gym rat, I'm a gamer, and I stay inside most of the time. But what I can provide in m...

29 Jan 202413min

"Each person has to decide what might help them through it, and not be afraid to have the courage to do it their own way. This for me defines grief as a spectrum. Each person has their own style", say...

25 Jan 202425min

"We need autistic people working together to build our own understanding of how we should operate the world based on our own needs and desires. To understand ourselves rather than trying to understand...

22 Jan 202416min

"Noise cancelling headphones? There's no noise in my house! I am all by myself- it's just me, the cats, and the dog! I put them on and I had this visceral, really strong reaction. I felt like I was go...

18 Jan 202426min

"If their only images of what autism looks like are white, it can make them feel even more alienated. Even something as simple as when you're having autism awareness month in school, make sure not onl...

16 Jan 202420min

"The people who make assumptions about social norms and generalizability, are also the people who create generalizable standards, right? I say this as a curriculum developer in my day job. The way tha...

15 Jan 202422min

"I decided to create this scale because I think it's important to know that autistic people are very diverse. What one autistic person experiences, doesn't mean another autistic person also experience...

8 Jan 202419min