As a parent of a child with autism and as a teacher, I have a difficulty when others report that students with ASD lack empathy.I try to correct this faulty judgment when I have the opportunity to do so, by explaining that there really is not lack of empathy, nor any absence of the ability [...]
About five years ago, I was throwing my hands in the air and hollering at my baby brother for ruining another of my calendars. My baby brother was 20 years old at the time, and I was tired of constantly having to replace the calendars in our home because he hated where the number five landed. Being [...]
