nerd girl vs. the real world
from my desk . . .
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No, RFK Jr., my autistic kids did not destroy my family
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I write poetry for a living. This may surprise Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., because I am also autistic. On April 16, the Health and Human Services Secretary called autism an “individual tragedy” that “destroys families, and … children,”[i] citing a number of things autistic people supposedly cannot do, including write poetry, play baseball, date, or…
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