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It’s Not the Autism I Mind. It’s the Apraxia.
On April 16, 2025, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stood at a podium and unleashed a wave of rhetoric that shook the autism community to its core. He didn’t offer compassion. He didn’t offer solutions. What he offered was a familiar toxin: ableism dressed up as concern.
Autism Is Not a Disease
Autism Is Not a Disease – And Should Not Be Tracked Like One This morning, CBS News reported that the National Institutes of Health is
If Special Olympics Parents Could Rule the World
This morning, I stood at the edge of a small indoor pool at the Special Olympics Regional Swim Meet, watching Stone get ready for his
The Dignity of Risk: Lessons from Life, Business, and Parenting a Non-Speaker
I wasn’t always a risk-taker. In fact, for much of my early life, I gravitated toward safety, structure, and predictability. But sometime in my twenties,
Seizures and Survival: Always On Call
There’s a reason firefighters don’t work seven days a week. Why trauma surgeons and ER nurses rotate shifts. Why even first responders have protocols to
From Woo Woo to Mainstream: How AI Companionship Is Quietly Changing Lives
Decades ago, meditation and yoga were dismissed as fringe “woo woo” ideas. Now? They’re billion-dollar industries embedded in healthcare, education, and corporate culture. They’re recommended
