Autistic Reality

Alec Frazier at Work in Pandora: The World of Avatar Throughout history, people have feared what they don’t understand. One of the fastest-growing diagnoses is autism. In my own personal opinion, autism kicks ass! Yes, my childhood was difficult, and learning to live on my own and finding employment was, at first, a chore. However, since then, autism has led to some truly remarkable advancements in my life. I have an amazing job where I get compensated to go to theme parks, write books, and meet celebrities. I have my own beautiful home, filled with wonderful belongings and original artwork that symbolize who I am today. I have far too many friends to count, from your general “friends next door” type of person to a United States senator, authors, and even a nuclear scientist. I enjoy my life profusely! In 1998, British scientist Andrew Wakefield published an article in the scientific journal, The Lancet stating that a vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella caused autism. Wak...

Dear Santa, Santa with Me at Enchant Christmas DC 2019 This year has been absolutely amazing. A number of wonderful things have happened, and they leave me humbled, and thoughtful about my life and what others mean to me. Tari Hartman Squire, Me, and  Jd Michaels In January of this year, I was inducted into the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame along with my colleagues, Jd Michaels and Tari Hartman Squire. I am extremely thankful for this wonderful honor. Jd and I have just finished our working relationship, at least for the time being, but we spent the year very busy helping people with disabilities get their books published, including my very dear friend Denise. Tari also had me as a mentor at her Lights! Camera! Access! disability and media summit. I am very thankful for both Jd and Tari for helping me become who I am today, and now it is time for me to spread my wings and fly! Me and Liz Prichard Presenting on Autism and Creativity at New Y...

The Logo for Autistic Reality Veni! Vidi! Autism! and Stories About Us The Front Cover of  Veni! Vidi! Autism! As of a couple years ago, I had generated a lot of content, for my previous blog and for academic papers as well as a number of interviews. With the help of my fellow Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame inductee Jd Michaels, I was able to get myself set up as a publisher, and become a copyrighted author of my book, Veni! Vidi! Autism! Using the same process, Jd and I are publishing a number of other disabled authors as part of the Stories About Us anthology. It is important to note that these stories are not all about disability. Rather, it is the authors who identifies disabled. They remained in absolute control of the works, and make all the profits from them. Podcasts Me with the Head of Marvel  Joe Quesada Joe is a friend, and has been a guest on my podcast and my YouTube channel. I interview a wide variety of guests for my podcast, the A...