Tuesday morning Jim and I were interviewed for an autism documentary in the making. The director and his crew came to my office in Jersey City, which is in an old single-family house, with barely any space between it in and the neighboring houses (one of which contains my college’s mailroom). Jim and I were interviewed together, which was, frankly, fun. Not that we don’t spend rather a lot of time talking to each other, but it’s a different thing to be asked questions—about autism, neurodiversity, “recovery,” how I got started blogging, when we first thought “something” was up with …read more

Until two years ago, Karem Awad, the former chief of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang, was “one of Adelaide’s most feared men—even by police. Today he’s a “churchgoer with a job earning an honest living helping others battle their demons.” The Advertiser reports that Naomi, who is now ten years old and who is autistic, was the reason:
Mr Awad says it was a little autistic girl with a beautiful smile who convinced him to turn his back on a life of guns, drugs and violence.
She was born to the then 14-year-old sister of his ex-girlfriend and her plight touched his …read more