Autism Awareness and May Flowers
Autism "Awareness" and May Flowers This is my THANK YOU to all who lived through yet another April with Autism Awareness, the bewareness and woes. It’s May now. My garden is blooming because you were there with me. May Flowers It is said that April showers Bring May flowers What does April ableist rain Bring to my life's garden? I see weeds of compliance, I see rocks of hate Thrown through the glass of my greenhouse Scattered shards cutting, Hurting the leaves struggling to breathe The ground covered with trash Left behind by the Vandals For
Autistic Visual Thinking Impacts Comprehension
by Judy Endow I think in colors. My thinking colors have sound and movement. When I hear spoken words my neurology automatically goes for the match – a match for the words I hear to a familiar concrete picture of something in the world outside my skin or to an internal picture I have stored in my memory. . When I was a girl I heard the saying, “I got the world by the tail.” Immediately, the matching pictures of my experience of the world popped up for me to see. I found the best match and promptly assigned
Talking to Autism “Advocacy” Organizations
I had the opportunity to speak, as a public comment, during a meeting of the Autism Society, Florida Chapter. It applies mostly to the National leadership because I think it is past time for some things to change. What I said might not have pleased everyone, and it might have made some angry. But I stand by the words - compliance is not my goal. It needed to be said though, not only to the Autism Society but to all organizations that say they “advocate” for autism. If an organization wants to help, it should not advocate for things Autistics
