Joanne JacobsJul 293 minAutism is a disability -- not a 'natural difference to be celebrated'Autism rates keep climbing -- nearly 3 percent, of all eight-year-olds in the latest estimates -- yet there's no sense of crisis, writes...
Joanne JacobsApr 232 minAutism doesn't define me -- or make me a worthwhile personEmma Camp was diagnosed with autism in college, and embraced the explanation for her insecurities and personality quirks, she writes in a...
Joanne JacobsJan 253 minParents feel 'villainized' by teachers who think they know bestIt's not just conservative parents who think they have a right to know if "Hannah" has become "Hank" at school, reports Katie J.M. Baker...
Joanne JacobsJan 141 minGrandin: Educate the visual thinkers tooOur society and our schools aren't designed for "visual thinkers, which so many of us neurodivergent folks are," writes Temple Grandin, a...