by AAoM Staff | May 19, 2022 | Blog, Featured Headlines, News
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by AAoM Staff | May 12, 2022 | Blog, Featured Headlines, News
As an autistic person, I am often asked to describe and discuss autism. While I can only speak from my own experience, there are some common threads between me and my autistic peers. In my work, I interact with hundreds of other autistic adults. We are often viewed as...
by AAoM Staff | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog, Featured Headlines, News
April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month. The word “acceptance” was recently added, better reflecting the goal of inclusion, diversity, completeness and our core human connections to one another. And the Autism Alliance of Michigan would like to include yet...
by AAoM Staff | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog, Featured Headlines, News
In the earliest days of the pandemic, it was obvious that some communities felt the impact at an entirely different level than others. While we have only begun to recognize and document disparities in the autism community, we know they also occur based on gender,...
by allie | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured Headlines, MiNavigator Newsletter, News
March 18Navigating Autism Today ConferenceMarch 18SibShopsMarch 19Father’s Autism Support GroupApril 4Autism 101 Lunch & LearnApril 9Father’s Autism Support GroupApril 13Watch Me GrowApril 15SibshopsMay 221st Annual START ConferenceMay 2Watch Me Grow 2.0May...
by allie | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured Headlines, MiNavigator Newsletter, News
Autism: A Shield and Barrier Autism for me is not the presence of something, but rather something missing – a kind of social blindness. In groups of more than three people a conversation can get away from me like a slippery fish – it seems to be able...