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To whom it May concern, I hope everyone is doing well. I know and understand that I haven’t been very active on social media recently. I have taken my time to rest and reflect on different issues in my personal life and more important for me, our World. Although I have been traveling and taking […]

2021: If there is one word to describe to you, it is perseverance. To be persevering before all challenge and adversity, both in my personal life and in the life of this World. Managing new challenges, realizing who is who, health, depression, anxiety and exhaustion. In the World, pandemic, deaths, loss of freedoms, condemnation of

Without a doubt, this year has been one that has forever changed our World. The COVID_19 situation has been the main focus, but not the only event that happened this year. We have seen how humanity and the planet have been altered in all areas of life. For me personally, it has been a year

A year ago, I was taken to the studios of WAPA Televisión Puerto Rico to be interviewed on television for the first time. The purpose of the interview was to talk about my life with Autism and my book. I had my anxiety levels high as always and very nervous. But, once I entered the

Usually around this time, our community is getting ready in preparation for World Autism Month in April. Different organizations, families, professionals and self advocates are making the final touches in preparation for the time of the year in which our society pays the most attention to Autism and the impact it has on the World,

There was an article that was released recently in regards of depression affecting young adults with Autism. According to new research led by Dheeraj Rai, of the University of Bristol  , it says that depression is affecting around 20% of young adults in the Autism spectrum (Mundell, 2018). What is interesting about his new study is

There are important life skills that adults with Autism need to learn and use in order to be able to live a more independent life. However, if there is one skill that they need and must learn , it is the skill of financial education. We have read articles that mention about the living skills

Most , if not, all of our society have heard about the importance of community service. When we were in school, we were focused on giving our time to go out there and help in the community. In the workplace, companies have encouraged to employees to participate and do volunteer work in the community. Overall,

It is has been part of not only my research, but also my young experience so far that the focus out there is to help people just to get a job. Even though having a job is not necessarily a negative experience since you can learn important skills from it, it is very important to

Autism is a life long developmental disability, the result of a neurological disorder affecting the functioning of the brain. Today, it is estimated that 1 in every 68 children is diagnosed with Autism, making it more common than childhood, cancer , juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined (ASGO, 2017). That number will continue to increase