Autism Stories

"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

"In the beginning of golf, I happen to know that there were only 13 rules made. Now, there's a whole thick, little rule book of when, and if, and that, and lawyer language that nobody understands. Do ...

1 Jan 202438min

"I really felt that this was maybe my calling to give back, not just to the game of golf, but to sports and to the community. Something I'm very passionate about, I've learned over the past three year...

28 Dec 202318min

"It was nice to have that regularity. I knew what podcasts were going to drop on what days. I can expect to hear those familiar voices and feel those familiar sensations on my familiar walks. That's a...

25 Dec 202338min

"The place that I'm currently working is a hotbed for neurodivergence. A lot of folks there that kind of just understand a lot of things that are happening everyday. You'll see folks in the hall takin...

21 Dec 202325min

" As we look at wrestling as a society with the complications of this virus, it's essential that autism, developmental disability, neurodiversity, be at the table. We're one of the populations that's ...

18 Dec 202318min