Autism
Carl the Collector just won an Emmy for Outstanding Public Service Initiative. PBS Kids’ first autistic lead character is voiced by Kai Barham, a 10-year-old autistic actor who said it best:
“I hope that people who are not on the spectrum will learn that autism is not like the stereotypes.”
The show was built with autistic writers, directors, and voice actors behind the scenes. That kind of representation matters.
Tal Anderson said it plainly. It’s past time we listened.
April is Autism Awareness Month. Some people are calling it Autism Acceptance Month now. Either way, it still doesn’t feel like enough.
Tal Anderson would tell you the same thing.
You might know her from Atypical on Netflix, or as Becca King on HBO’s The Pitt. She’s also a filmmaker and children’s book author. And she’s autistic.
I am late in acknowledging World Autism Awareness Day and the entire month. But the day is over yet. I already wrote a couple blog articles on Autism. All I need to create an image for each blog article.Will share them when they are published throughout the month.
So Happy World Autism Awareness Day.
“Autism is not a limitation. It is a different way of experiencing the world.” —Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari
I try to avoid talking about politics here, but I have to say something abt this.
A new study shows that after Trump told pregnant women to skip Tylenol & pushed an unproven autism treatment, prescriptions surged and Tylenol use dropped — with no new evidence supporting either claim.
“It can take years, even decades, for high-quality research to reach clinicians. Here, it was done overnight. Unfortunately, they’re claiming breakthroughs that simply haven’t occurred.” — Dr. Jeremy Samuel Faust, Harvard Medical School
Please listen to your doctors, not a press conference—not even Trump himself.
So I've been doing a lot of writing lately for this new organization I'm working with—[OULDHH](https://www.ouldhh.org) (Organization of Unique Learners for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community). We're pretty informal, just getting started really, but we're gathering resources and information about neurodivergence, accessibility, and education for the Deaf community. **I've been posting new content every Wednesday—sometimes about neurodivergence, sometimes about whatever else I'm geeking out about that week.**
And honestly? Some of these posts hit close to home. Whether you just got a diagnosis for yourself or your child, you’re dealing with school stuff that feels impossible, or you’re just trying to figure out what ADHD or autism or learning disabilities actually mean—I wanted to share what I’ve been working on because I think it might help.