In this section are many posts by autistic authors and posts from those close to them that autistic advocates agree offer good insights, touching on various important subjects. Be sure to visit their blogs and the blogrolls on their sites - you'll discover a web of connected perspectives and information that will help you understand and engage with the autistic people in your lives.

Thank you for taking this journey!
Just what these kids do
by Diary of a Mom

I’m worried about our kids.

I’m worried that far too many of them are being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder and sent upon their merry way – without help, without guidance, and, above all, without ongoing critical analysis because, hey, they’re autistic.

But here’s the thing, my friends, autistic or not (and autistic or not can be a big question given the decreasing age at which doctors are becoming willing to dispense diagnoses), not everything that an autistic person does is necessarily attributable to autism. People, all people, are much more complex than that.   READ MORE
Asperger Syndrome: 50 important facts about having mild autism
by Captain Quirk

On April 2nd this year, World Autism Awareness Day, I decided to offer a little insight to some of my Facebook friends. Their responses were actually what inspired me to start this blog in the first place.

I hope this helps people who are curious.

Fifty Important Facts About Having Mild Autism:1) The rest of you are weird. We are completely normal.

2) You definitely know a few autistic people. Maybe you don’t know it, but you do. Maybe they don’t know it either. We’re 1% of the general population, which is higher than it sounds.   READ MORE

In Common    by Diary of a Mom
"...So while I wanted desperately to find people who could offer some insight into what she was experiencing, I found it pretty hard to believe that a person who wasn’t diagnosed with autism until adulthood could possibly be the one to offer it.I was wrong.

Very wrong.

Here’s why."   READ MORE