Teen Blog

In the span of just a few months, I have finished my gap year, moved back in with my family, and begun my first “big girl” job. All the while, the summer has given me time to reflect on my “gap [...]

Not Every Day Is a Good Day And That’s Okay   I think people today, especially teens, are easily misled by society to think that everyday needs to be “social media” ready, filled with [...]

Daily Introspection Through a Mood Tracker I have never been able to successfully be a “diary person”. I know lots of people who have detailed records of their lives in their diaries. They are [...]

There are three main schools of thought around how we can support people on the Autism Spectrum. One, “curism” dictates that Autism is a disease or serious illness that should be removed and [...]

Recently, the disability community, the Jewish community, the United States and the world suffered a devastating loss when we learned that Judy Heumann Z”L, the “mother of the disability rights [...]

This is a quality towards which many strive, but often fall short. I think it is even more complicated for those of us who also are fighting hard to manage other challenges. It is easy to [...]

As a highschooler in an affluent Chicago suburb, I always viewed college as my end goal. I saw every grade I received as either a point towards or against my college acceptance. The academic [...]

I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at 8 years old. Throughout my life, ADHD has impacted my life in different ways, but it was always most notable in the classroom. [...]

For many Autistic people, there is one form of sensory input that is calming, focusing or perhaps invigorating. For me, this is water.   I had not spent a lot of time thinking about the [...]

Making friends can be hard, especially when you are different either mentally or physically. I am lucky to have had the same two best friends since I was in kindergarten. Most peoples’ [...]