Autism at the Theatre: On The Spectrum
The Fountain Theatre bills “On the Spectrum” by Ken LaZebnik as “not your (neuro)typical love story”…. and it certainly isn’t. It’s more than that…. it’s about a modern-day Romeo and… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Competing Against Ourselves
In a perfect world, teaching compassion in school would be a high cultural priority and people with disabilities would be valued for what they can contribute to the group. They… Read more »
The Autism Bookshelf: Finding Your Own Way to Grieve
A lot of people I know grew up with grandparents who were almost abstractions. No longer needing to avail themselves of job opportunities and leafy suburbs in chilly Chicagoland, they… Read more »
Fix It in Five
FIX IT IN FIVE is my brainchild because I work with brains. Let me explain: For the past ten years I have been invited into homes around the globe. I’ve… Read more »
Go With the Flow
When The Autism Channel asked us to create some one-minute pieces for Autism Awareness month, we thought it would be good for Sam (Rocket) to tell one on himself. Sam… Read more »
Autism at the Movies: Fly Away
Unbridled joy! is how Tom (Greg Germann — Ally McBeal, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NCIS) describes 16-year-old Mandy (Ashley Rickards – Awkward, American Horror Story, One Tree Hill)… Read more »
The Return of Rocket
Rocket… Where’ve you been? In the last month, there’s been a lag in production on The Rocket Family Chronicles set. Why? The Rocket Family Chronicles was born out of a… Read more »
Autism at the Movies: The Story of Luke
Most people take every day life skills such as getting a job or going out on a date for granted. But for people with autism, these normal activities of life… Read more »
The Degrees of Awareness
When most of what you do revolves around autism, you come to believe that everyone shares some kind of base level of understanding. At one-in-50, most everyone today at least… Read more »
Anne Sullivan, The Original Pioneer
I recently attended the dramatic depiction of the story of Helen Keller also known as “The Miracle Worker”. It was there that I realized that Annie Sullivan, unbeknownst to her,… Read more »