by Antoinette Banks Whew! Looks like ABC’s new drama The Good Doctor is already a hit with ratings. The Good Doctor is about Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), a young surgeon with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Savant syndrome, who is recruited into the pediatric surgical unit of San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. The main...
by NevaehM I started middle school four weeks ago and I have settled in. I can say that middle school has been the most difficult thing I have done. I have never been in a place that seemed to expect so much of me in a very short...
by Antoinette Banks First, I want to say–this post is not about bashing doctors or their practice of medicine but more of an encouragement of what the decision making process a parent or guardian holds. I want to tell you a story… I received Nevaeh’s diagnosis of autism...
by Antoinette Banks Often times people try to over empathize that they just end up sounding crude and insensitive. I can say with full certainty that many of the really, really stupid things I have heard came from a person that just simply did not understand autism...