Autism Stories

"But, believe it or not, I auditioned, he cast me as the lead. And with that go-getter personality, I had all of these ideas that he didn't know how to contain, and he said, "Do you want to take these...

17 Apr 202328min

"I would say if you're passionate about it, find the thing that makes you happy, and just keep going, don't stop. You will eventually run into obstacles along the way. I've run into a bunch of obstacl...

13 Apr 202327min

"Mathematical writing was a special class for me. While I was doing research for a paper, I found a study done by some guys at Pixar. They examined a mathematical perspective of animation, which linke...

10 Apr 202321min

"The main idea I wanted to share in this screenplay was that if we hold onto anger, it will hurt us more than the person or people we are angry at. We need to learn to forgive and let go, to really be...

6 Apr 202311min

" I found being in court very natural, and it is important to not be frightened of it. The reason I enjoyed it was because there is a natural order of doing things- you know when it's your turn to spe...

3 Apr 202329min

"You also asked about oral-motor dyspraxia. As an apraxic individual, I have a hard time coordinating my speech with my thoughts. So, my default word is yes, yes, and yes", says Tessa McEvoy. Tessa jo...

27 Mars 202315min

" I don't really like it when people apologize, because I feel that it is a knee-jerk reaction. Is that apology coming from an acknowledgement of a problem caused that hurt that person's feelings? Or ...

23 Mars 202316min

"The American education system is very focused on controlling kids more so than it is on learning. It's almost too authoritarian for the kid to really learn, because they're so focused on neurotypical...

20 Mars 202318min