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Cara Nissman is a journalist and editor based in West Palm Beach, Florida. For more than 12 years, she has written about families, religion, education, health, and people with special needs for magazines, newspapers, websites, and books. Her work has been published in the Boston Herald, Seventeen, South Florida Parenting, and the Palm Beach Post. You can read more of her articles on her website.
John was fuming. He hoisted the 75-pound cement planter, then dropped it with incredible force.
Cheryl O’Brien had worked as a draftsman, technician and electrical engineer before taking time off from the world of work to raise her children. But when O’Brien was ready
A woman struggles to understand as her teenage daughter with autism screeches unintelligibly and points at a take-out menu.
Margaret Fernandez believes two colors of thread intertwine to define who she is as an adult with Asperger syndrome. “The gold threads in my cloth are God,
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In May of 2011—19 years after I was first diagnosed with autism at age 4—I was on my way to receive my undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University.
“I’m just not sure what to do, or how to help her,” my friend Marie (a pseudonym) said. Her voice trembled slightly.
When I graduated from college, I found out quickly that to support myself in the “real world” I would have to work two jobs.
April wasn’t only Autism Awareness Month. It was National Stress Awareness Month too. Coincidence?
Part II of our story on autistic adults living in rural America.
Friday night, Cameron attended his high school prom. This wasn’t his first prom, as his school invites all high school students to attend each year, and Cameron had attended the year before...
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