Great piece on strength-based parenting, while written for a general audience, I found it very applicable to raising an autistic child (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid

When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.

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It is that time again for @sxsw.com panel votes! Please support myself and inspiring actress, producer and activist Kathryn Morris, founder of The Savants, talking up neurodiversity and storytelling. You can vote here: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

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My first book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation came out four years ago this month. It simultaneously feels like it came out yesterday and a century ago. I did it in hopes that people would take the needs of #ActuallyAutistic people seriously 1/ www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...

We're Not Broken

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...

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The California National Guard situation is "unprecedented" if you are not versed in the Ghorman Massacre #Andor #knowyourhistory #StarWars

Today’s headlines led by Pope Leo. As a person who looks closely at identify first language — notable to me that WSJ describes him as “Pope from US” instead of as an American Pope.

The Mac Virtual Display is the only killer app so far on Apple Vision Pro. Producing a lighter cheaper version that plugs into the Mac and maintains the resolution seems like a smart way to go: www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision...

Apple Vision Pro 2 Reportedly Cheaper & Lighter, Mac-Tethered Headset Coming Too

Apple Vision Pro 2 will be cheaper and lighter, not just a chip upgrade, and the company is working on a Mac-tethered headset too, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

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There’s no going back and there won’t be Cinderellas anymore. Excellent points on how college basketball has changed: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The clock struck midnight at March Madness. We’re not coming back.

What’s a Big Dance without Cinderella? Other smaller schools should join us by leaving Division I.

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I use my Apple Vision Pro almost daily because the Mac Virtual Display really makes me more productive. That being said, some great ideas here for AVP and also begs the larger question of how it might benefit w/ more thinking of what skuemorphism should be in 3D: www.macworld.com/article/2635...

4 visionOS 3 features that can turn Vision Pro into an everyday device

Apple’s not making a new headset anytime soon, so it has to renew Vision Pro interest with software.

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"The challenge is that in divvying it up, while the federal government will still have a role, once it's not under one umbrella ... you risk that those issues will not be addressed as sufficiently and adequately as they were under the Department of Education," said @nancyayoussef.bsky.social.

Really important read for those of us that care about the autism community by @ericmgarcia.bsky.social . Trump's DEI order goes deeper and further than most realize: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s war on DEI comes for programs helping autistic students find jobs in STEM

Programs meant to help autistic students study science have been caught in the Trump administration’s war on DEI, Eric Garcia reports

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M.A.S.K. toys are coming back, courtesy of The Loyal Subjects. Looking as though they are straight reissues without chrome but more detailed accompanying figures. Absolutely all in for this, the same day we saw Missing Link Arcee. We’ll talk about this day for years. 😍

Two thumbs up to Captain America 4! Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford were great and the DC battle was fun. Hains Point ftw!

Todays headlines across WP, NYT, and WSJ with @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gordon and Brett leading WSJ

Devastating roundup of deadly global results of US aid freeze. Limited exceptions are too late "hundreds of senior officials and workers who help distribute American aid had already been fired or put on leave, and many aid efforts remain paralyzed around the world." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...

How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze (Gift Article)

President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.

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Trump blasted the FAA's hiring program that hired people with intellectual disabilities. It's wildly hypocritical because this program existed under his first administration. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | A simple fact check exposes Don Jr.'s ableist FAA rant

An FAA initiative being derided by the right was in place the entire time Donald Trump was president.

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So sad to learn of the passing of Cecile Richards. I first met her when I interviewed to be the founding CTO at Catalist. And had the privilege to get to know her over the next few years when we shared office space with America Votes. She was an inspirational leader: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67

Ms. Richards oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

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Excited to see Floreo (@floreovr.bsky.social) featured in this GovTech story on how NYC Autism Charter Schools is leveraging VR to improve the lives of its autistic students: www.govtech.com/education/k-...

With VR, Neurodiverse Students Can Practice Skills on Demand

Maryland-based ed-tech company Floreo VR gives students with autism a low-stakes, controlled environment in which to master social, emotional and safety skills under teacher supervision.

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An entire story on how to improve the FDA and the reporter didn’t seem to talk to any of the companies being regulated and all the contributions seemed to be focused on more stringent regulations. Uh, ok: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/w...

R.F.K. Jr. Wants to Overhaul the F.D.A. How Would Scientists Change It?

While some agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the agency needs reform, their ideas for fixing it are very different from his.

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Super depressing. Loved ones are so vulnerable when in this situation. And at the end, nothing criminal and the employees in question haven’t lost their jobs.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

New York paid $2 million in 2019 to the families of three developmentally disabled group home residents who were beaten and humiliated by workers. In retaliation, court papers show, staff members withheld one's medicine, and she died. Now, the state will pay her family an additional $10 million.

Excited to see Samsung and Google back in the XR race and introducing a new OS platform. For those of us on the ground trying to make a business work, the more hardware options and innovation, the better. www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

I Tried Google and Samsung's Next-Gen Android XR Headsets and Glasses, and the Killer App Is AI

We got an early hands-on look at Samsung's mixed-reality headset and Google's glasses, powered by an all-seeing assistant.

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Trump's presidency includes a number of grifters, most notably many who have promoted misinformation about autism. I wrote about how Trump's presidency represents the apotheosis of toxic theories about autism. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The toxic autism politics of Trump’s second administration

From Elon Musk to RFK, the right has developed an obsession with pushing two seemingly contradictory — but equally damaging — theories on autism, writes Eric Garcia. And this obsession is bleeding int...

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Now this is the sports and community leadership we need! www.espn.com/college-foot...

Bill would make flag planting at Ohio St. a felony

An Ohio state representative has introduced a bill that would classify flag planting at Ohio Stadium around Buckeyes football games as a felony.

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My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner, saag paneer.

Rare to see that level of clock mismanagement as what we just saw in Bears-Lions. Ouch.

Congrats to our friends at Cortica! They are revolutionizing whole autism care and we are so fortunate to be partnering together on @floreovr’s FDA trial! medcitynews.com/2024/11/cort...

Cortica Snags $80M to Make Autism Care for Children Less Fragmented - MedCity News

Cortica's $80 million raise was co-led by Morgan Health and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures and included participation from Autism Impact Fund.

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From my better half -- the Biden administration is not moving fast enough on behalf of Ukraine before inauguration: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Exclusive | Biden to Leave Trump With Billions for Ukraine Weapons

American officials are acknowledging that the U.S. won’t be able to spend all of the money authorized to transfer arms to Kyiv by Jan. 20.

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At worst should be 6-3, a merely competent team would be up 7-3 or 10-3 but instead down 3-0. What a dismal season.

My better half (who I am still working on to get over here) on Def Sec nominee Pete Hegseth in WSJ: www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

How Hegseth Cultivated an Image That Caught Trump’s Eye

TV host and Army veteran is Trump’s pick to run Pentagon despite—or because of—a résumé thin on government experience.

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The Expanse Dragon Tooth Kickstarter has been my all time favorite to support. The Collector’s box, book 3, and extra goodies are awesome. Long live the Rocci!