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AUTISM

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Social Rules that Change with Age

by Judy Endow The “hidden curriculum” refers to the set of rules or guidelines that are often not directly taught but are assumed to be known. Most people automatically pick up this hidden

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Autism and Eating Out

Autistic author and consultant, Judy Endow, shares strategies for managing sensory sensitivities when eating out.

  • Your child's disability is not about you. Your child’s disability is not your story to tell. If you do it in public at your child’s expense, you are not doing your job, which is parenting. - Amy Sequenzia on Ollibean

Privacy Versus Popularity

Your child's disability is not about you. Your child’s disability is not your story to tell. If you do it in public at your child’s expense, you are not doing your job, which is

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The Hidden Rules of Christmas

by Judy Endow Christmas will soon be here again. There is much about Christmas I love. There are many things about Christmas that took me a very long time to figure out. This is

  • image: cover of the book “The Real Experts” The cover art is a bright colored geometric pattern Text on the cover reads “Full of practical advice…a landmark book” -Steve Silberman THE REAL EXPERTS READNGS FOR PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN Edited by Michelle Sutton

Holiday Giveaway- ‘The Real Experts’

Ollibean Holiday Giveaway "The Real Experts" The Real Experts : Readings for Parents of Autistic Children edited by Michelle Sutton features essays by Nick Walker, Ally Grace, Emily Paige Ballou, Alyssa Hillary, Cynthia Kim, Kassiane Sibley, Sparrow Rose

We love “Love Explosions”

"Love Explosions" by the wonderful Beth Ryan is on our love list. The blog had us at the description - "When the love  for your child overwhelms you." You may already be familiar with the enormously

  • "Bigots don’t have to right to demand “proof” of my competence, especially when they are dismissing my humanity by talking about me, without me. I demand respect. " Amy Sequenzia

Bigots

Bigots don’t have to right to demand “proof” of my competence, especially when they are dismissing my humanity by talking about me, without me. I demand respect.

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Autism, Perseveration and Holding onto Thoughts 

Autism, Perseveration and Holding onto Thoughts by Judy Endow Like many autistics, all my life I have thought visually. My thinking is comprised of pictures, colors, shapes along with their sound

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Autism and Public Perception

Autism and Public Perception by Judy Endow Today we have added something to our public perception of autism. Historically that perception has been one of an isolated small child rocking or head

Good Morning America: Called Out

As an autistic person I have my share of differences. Any time I am a way that the majority of people are not it is labeled “a difference.” Growing up and continuing on in adult

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Assumptions and Ableism

I've recently read an article about how some researches are slowly starting to debunk long held assumptions about autism, Autistics, functioning labels, and how the world needs to provide more appropriate education to “all” Autistics.

  • "finding some other movement to hook into that will serve to interrupt and change the pattern to match my newer cognitive understanding" Judy Endow. Ollibean logo

Autistic Patterns of Thoughts and Emotions

I use the movement of things outside of me for purposes of thinking and of processing feelings. Recently, autistic friends have let me know that most people in the world do not do this and

  • Purple and green blurred inage. White text reads" Uniquely Human Neurotribes. I am hoping these two books pave the way for society to collectively begin to see that autistics really do know about living the autistic life – that autistics are the experts on what it means to be autistic.Judy Endow,Ollibean logo"

Uniquely Human Neurotribe

This past summer two new autism books were released within days of each other. Each, of it’s own accord, is a game changer if readership becomes large enough. Together the two books could serve to

AUTISM RESOURCES

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