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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Ray’s Journey With Autism:

Ray, an intern, shares his story about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and how...
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Saluting “The Special Mother” by Erma Bombeck

Hackie Reitman, M.D. discusses Erma Bombeck's piece dedicated to the mothers of special needs...
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Hackie’s Journey With ADHD

Hackie, founder of Different Brains, shares his story about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic...
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Learned Helplessness Is Not a Life Sentence

Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT looks at "learned helplessness", and how to overcome it....
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Zack R’s Story

Zack R, 23, shares his story about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic & how...
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Different & The Same: Empowering Autistic Children Through Learning

Celest Austin, MD, PhD shares how helping her sister with autism learn led to...
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Embracing Neurodivergence & Becoming a Constant Self-Advocate

J.R Reed discusses how he embraced his autism diagnosis, and why self-advocacy is so...
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The Coronavirus Pandemic: Jonathan’s Adaptation to Change

Jonathan, intern for Different Brains, shares his story about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic...
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How Google Could Help People Living with Dementia

Dementia self-advocate Michael Ellenbogen shares ways he thinks Google could improve their Home and...
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Autism and Me: Life on the Spectrum

Self-advocate, Noah Najjar discuses his life with Autism and talks about the positive side...
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