Tag: autistics

Autism is widely misunderstood. Inevitably this means that people who have the condition are widely misunderstood too. The gap between how autistics are generally perceived and the reality of their lived experience is something of a chasm. Because of this, when autistics reveal their diagno...

Fifteen-year-old John Gallinaro is so traumatized he can’t sleep at night. He’s afraid to use the bathroom at home by himself. His mom says he often expresses fear of Nicole Nicolet, a Cinemark cinema manager in Hazlet, New Jersey who recently “accused” John of being transgen...

I didn't fathom the incredible amount of positive response I would receive from this story and am grateful for the opportunity to have connected and shared with so many who vulnerably resonated with my message and experience. There was one comment, however, that knocked me a bit off-kilter, n...