Blasting Stereotypes: Women and Autism
Sometimes, a person will look at me, shake his or her head, and say, “You don’t strike me as someone who could be autistic and deaf.” I smile and answer, “Perhaps you need to alter your mental references of how autism and deafness should appear.”
In the world of disability rights and public awareness, many of us cannot help but to seize any opportunity to demystify female autism.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.