Last week, staff and students at a local autism school sent me almost two dozen 'Get Well' homemade cards and letters! When I opened the box, I was floored- literally! Obviously, my ongoing health concerns have caused delays in publishing our comic books. Rest assured that I am getting quality treatment, and hope to be …
Category: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Solving State Budget Crisis with 4th Grade Math (by an adult with autism)
[WARNING This post may incite Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder over remembered experiences with mathematical word problems or school experiences the same.] A train leave Chicago at 4:15pm, travelling 120 mph. Another train leaves New York at 5:25pm, travelling 90 mph. At what time will Pennsylvanian legislators resolve their political rhetoric to decidedly vote on a …
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Get off Your A$k, Government: Autism Education Reform
A person with autism identifies a way to bypass political budget stalemates while self-funding special needs education. How? Read more...
Autism, Tragedy Takes No Holidays
Be proactive with home safety, because neither autism nor tragedy take holidays. #FireDrill
New Year Autism Opportunities
Start 2016 on firm ground, and plan to address autism with renewed hope and opportunities.
Open Letter to U.S. Congress
Dear Congressmen Doyle and Smith, and Respected Members of the U.S. Congressional Autism Caucus: I write to you as an autism self-advocate. While my local representative, Congressman Mike Doyle (Co-Chair), and I met this summer, I bring new concerns to you all. Recently, price spikes of certain prescription medicines caused alarm from the economic and …
Direct Questions to Autism Speaks
Anything I write about #Autism Speaks acts as a polarizing lightning rod. I ask them why...
Non-Verbal Speech
Understanding facial feature recognition lets us bypass rhetoric from any side.
DEAR SANTA CLAUS
We need better, unifying definitions under Christmas Trees. Am asking for...
Comic Books with a Sensory Experience? Opening Comic Books to the Autism and Blind Communities
Vote for Us! Our Wells Fargo contest entry includes scientific ideas about readers with autism for a NEW sensory experience, and opens comic books for readers who are blind. How? Please read more and vote for us!
Autism at Face Value 