by Cat, autistic adult guest blogger I was in college when I first received a diagnosis on the autism spectrum. There wasn't a whole lot that it seemed this could do for me at that point -- I was out of primary and secondary school where a more accurate IEP might have made a difference, and the [More...]
Take Control of Your Own Life
When you were a child, other people were the boss of you. At home, your parents told you what to do and when to do it. At school, teachers took over the job of directing your daily activities. Most of the time, other people’s rules, and the schedules they made for you, drove the course of your [More...]
Autistic Adults Becoming Allies for Women’s Rights
The women’s rights movement initially started in 1848 with the suffragettes demanding votes for women, and picked up speed in the twentieth century when women wanted equal pay for equal work and opportunities for advancement commensurate with those afforded to men. That battle is still being fought [More...]
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
(by an Autistic writer) This essay by my daughter, Anne Caitlin Robinson Marsh, is excerpted with permission from my book, The ABCs of Autism in the Classroom: Setting the Stage for Success. Anne was one of the contributors to the “In Their Own Words” sections of the book. This is what she wrote [More...]