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The Food & Drug Administration, Electric Shock Devices and My Impassioned Plea

Taking a stand for humaneness, dignity and basic human decency.

5 min read2 days ago

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The Food & Drug Administration, Electric Shock Devices and My Impassioned Plea

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Autistic Lived Experience: Conquering Internalized Ableism

The greater society’s discriminatory words and actions are not allowed to compromise our sense of self!

5 min readMay 1, 2024

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Autistic Lived Experience: Conquering Internalized Ableism

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From Stigma to Acceptance: Insights from a Concerned Autistic Self-Advocate

What I would say to the greater society about autism, the stigma my community is up against, and our desire for greater acceptance.

7 min readApr 12, 2024

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From Stigma to Acceptance: Insights from a Concerned Autistic Self-Advocate

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Autistic Lived Experience: Unable to Be There for a Friend in Need

There is more than one valid way to exercise empathy. I wish I had known that at the time.

5 min readJan 10, 2024

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Autistic Lived Experience: Unable to Be There for a Friend in Need

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Autistic Lived Experience: Testifying Against Electric Shock “Therapy” Before the MA State…

Torture is not the way to go about trying to teach or help somebody.

7 min readDec 10, 2023

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Autistic Lived Experience: The Night I Walked Becky Back to Her Dormitory

I am as proud of what I did that night as what I did not do.

5 min readNov 8, 2023

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Autistic Lived Experience: The Night I Walked Becky Back to Her Dormitory

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Autistic Lived Experience: Life Magazine Labeled Me “A Bright Child Who Can’t Learn”

When the media perpetuates toxic stereotypes that affect my community, I go on the offensive, even if it happened more than 50 years ago.

5 min readOct 2, 2023

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Autistic Lived Experience: Life Magazine Labeled Me “A Bright Child Who Can’t Learn”

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Autistic Lived Experience: Remembering When I Publicly Revealed My Autism While Eulogizing My…

May she rest in peace. She most certainly earned it during her living years.

7 min readSep 17, 2023

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Autistic Lived Experience: Motivated by Fear, Guided by Conscience

My fears sometimes had a say in the decisions I made.

5 min readAug 2, 2023

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Autistic Lived Experience: Motivated by Fear, Guided by Conscience

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An Autistic Woman’s Success Story

Kaelynn Partlow, Therapist, Dog Trainer, and Star of the Hit Netflix Series “Love on the Spectrum”

5 min readJul 5, 2023

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An Autistic Woman’s Success Story

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Sam Farmer

Sam Farmer

Sam Farmer is a neurodiversity community self-advocate and author of the book “A Long Walk Down a Winding Road”. Visit www.samfarmerauthor.com for more info.

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