Autism

This blog provides an accessible gift guide for 2025 based on the author's personal experience.

This blog challenges the latest claim by the 47th president's administration that vaccines can cause autism through a quick science summary. Then, personal stories are used to share the harm this narrative can cause for #actualltyautistic people.

This blog discusses the importance of shifting our vocabulary based on the history of ableism in the words we use to create a more welcoming space.

This blog discusses the term twice exceptional through two stories that center on personal experiences in higher education.

This blog explains what a hope story is and how we can use hope stories to frame disability advocacy.

This blog explores the challenges of adapting to change as an autistic person through a new phone update.

This blog discusses the differences in setting up accommodations at high school, community college, and the CSU system.

This blog reflects on a disability speaking engagement as a person with multiple disabilities.

This blog talks about accessibility in higher education by giving suggestions for ways K-12 schools and universities can be more accessible for students, staff, teachers, and professors.

This blog lists chill, cheap, and accessible hangouts to do with friends.

This blog talks about saying no to activities that are not accessible, and ways I have addressed feeling isolated.

This blog talks about how I manage summer school as a graduate student with multiple disabilities.

In this blog, I want to talk about autism and empathy through personal experience.

This blog discusses the issue of inequality in requesting accommodations for standardized testing.

This blog talks about my journey with employment as a disabled person.

This blog talks about my experience feeling isolated during a medical flare-up, where I could not leave the house regularly.

This blog shares a real social story from my childhood and provides some added context to the illustrations and the reason for the different topics.

In this blog, I discuss my opinions about ABA therapy as someone who went through ABA sensory and social skills therapy.

In this blog, I review the accessibility of the Waimea Valley botanical gardens and waterfall hike.

This blog reflects on my first year in a master's program as a disabled student studying disability in education.