The new memoir Girl Storm by Peg Kerswell reveals a hidden world where inclusion doesn’t apply.

“Essential Lexicon and Resource Guide” offers an overview of our I/DD system in an easy-to-access format.

With this proposal the NIH threatens to jump into a foreign moral universe detached from its core duties and in conflict with its congressional mandates and the urgent needs and desires of American citizens and taxpayers. We oppose it in the strongest terms possible.

“The ‘autism’ I see in general on TikTok is hardly recognizable to me. The misinformation being shared is becoming increasingly dangerous to the autistics with more profound needs.”

“If he moved in with me, not only would I live with constant danger and isolation, but I would also face financial and social ruin.”

“The volatility of the environment I grew up in permanently altered my brain…. The world does not seem to understand, nor care, that autism affects more than my brother. Autism has had a severe impact on how I grew up, and the mental health issues I will have to face for the rest of my life.” First of a two-part series.

The family was incredibly lucky that Sandhya was home and outside; that the fire did not start at night while the family slept ("It would have likely been fatal," she said).