By Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed — 2018
You did not survive the traumas of your childhood because you were lucky. You survived — and are thriving — because of your courage and resilience.
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We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
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Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?
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When a medication is being evaluated to modify the behavior of a person with autism, one must assess the risks versus the benefits.