#actuallyautistic – Spectrum for Life Research

The reason to risk it all by whistleblowing? Autistic Adults are suffering and dying from chronic physical health conditions and face structural discrimination from NIH funding.

The third chapter of When Autistic Kids Grow Up, the new 5-part podcast series from Brady Huggett at The Transmitter, is out now. Chapter 3, “Would there be data?,” gets to the heart of why I began this work—and why I refused to look away. Autistic adults are suffering—and dying—from chronic physical health conditions atContinue reading “The reason to risk it all by whistleblowing? Autistic Adults are suffering and dying from chronic physical health conditions and face structural discrimination from NIH funding.”

Chapter 1: When Autistic Kids Grow Up

I’m honored to be featured in When Autistic Kids Grow Up, a 5-part podcast series by Brady Huggett for The Transmitter. Part one shares my early life story, and one of the things I love most about it is hearing my father talk about homesteading in Alaska before and just after I was born. ThisContinue reading “Chapter 1: When Autistic Kids Grow Up”

Chapter 1: When Autistic Kids Grow Up

Discrimination = Death… and Pain, Suffering and Poorer Quality of Life for Autistic Adults with Co-Occurring Conditions

It does not save anyone money to burn research already published. It wastes money. And worse- it wastes literal lives. On that note… I am PROUD to report that that the Gov’t took down the archived recording of our invited Presentation hosted by the Autism Intervention Research Network-Physical Health at UCLA on our research thatContinue reading “Discrimination = Death… and Pain, Suffering and Poorer Quality of Life for Autistic Adults with Co-Occurring Conditions”