Autism Stories

“There's so much work that needs to be done to gain communication for the estimated 31 million human beings who are locked in a silent cage. I want to make sure we focus on the initiatives that will h...

21 Nov 20229min

“I'd really like to tell more stories about women growing up not knowing that they are autistic, like finding out later in life, in their 20s 30s 40s. And exploring both sides of it. Not only the good...

14 Nov 202226min

“ know that I just love being alone; I love spending time by myself. I think that has been frowned upon, especially for girls, especially in high school. You wanna be social, and you wanna connect, an...

7 Nov 202216min

“ I think it helps the emotional thing, cause it's not just the logic of knowing about death and stuff. For me, it was more learning a lot more about death denial and how it impacts people, and how im...

31 Okt 202216min

"There's so many life coaches out there. Just like there's so many doctors, and there's so many psychologists and psychiatrists, and occupational therapists....but there's not a lot of autistic ones. ...

24 Okt 202242min

“I am telling the story one last time- my life leading up to my diagnosis, what it looked like before, and a little of what it looked like after- and that's pretty much it. I want to be hired for othe...

17 Okt 202224min

"4 of the cast were autistic and 2 were not autistic. That I felt was important as well. I didn't want people to look at the play and be able to say, "oh look, there's the autistic people doing their ...

10 Okt 202231min

“Sex is deemed an inappropriate subject. People either shut down or they start giggling, or maybe they just blurt out everything and say too much. It is deemed inappropriate and something to be ashame...

3 Okt 202250min