This website is a mixture of many things – a compilation of resources, informational posts, and personal writings. While the overall theme of the site is more focused on autism, some of the content is related to disability in general or occasional reflections.

I’m glad you’re here!

For the blog posts, you can access them at the top menu or click here: Writings

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You can find resources at the top menu or by clicking one of these topics:

• Advocacy Sites
• Autism 101
• Newly Diagnosed
• Meltdowns and Emotional Regulation
• IEP Help
• AAC Resources
• Favorite Autism Blogs and Accounts
• Books, Films, and Media
• Info Sheets and Created Resources
• Resources for Autism/Sensory Products
• Local Resources – East Tennessee Area

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If you’re looking for specific resource posts:

• All About AAC: A Guide to Augmentative and Alternative Communication Options!
• AAC Reviews
• Managing and Preventing Meltdowns
• A Beginner’s Guide to the IEP
• Executive Functioning and Independent Living

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Commentary and Op-Eds:

• FDA must end the legal torture of autistic people | Opinion – The Tennessean

• Deaths of disabled children are no less tragic | Opinion – The Tennessean

Articles:

• Local disability rights advocate goes to Capitol Hill to push for change – Johnson City Press

• Local disability community set to commemorate the lives of disabled victims – Johnson City Press

• All brains welcome in the Neurodiversity Club – East Tennessean

• ETSU student organizations educate others about disability advocacy – Johnson City Press

• Disability Day of Mourning held on campus – East Tennessean

• Americans with disabilities need an updated long-term care plan, say advocates – NPR

• ETSU grad plans to speak out on TN disability council – WJHL

• Local disability advocate appointed to state Council on Developmental Disabilities – Johnson City Press