Two Years at Daily Cal

OMG, its been 2 years at the Daily Cal. I started off with a Weekly Column on Autism "The Person Inside." My first column appeared on 2/15

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Introducing the Daily Cal Opinion Columnists - In this introductory video by the Daily Californian, the other opinion columnists and I explain what our columns are about. My introduction starts at 3:19

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1. Communication Conundrum: I speak on the importance of communication and presuming competence

2. Non-Verbal & College Bound: I ask what does it take for a non-speaking autistic like me to access higher education. 

3. Sensory Walkabout: I attempt to explain the experiences of sensory dysregulation and "stimming" in autism. 

4. The Women in my Life: A tribute to the women in my life who gave that extra helping hand. 

5. First Transitions: I explain the rigidity and difficulty with transitions that can be characteristics of autism

6. Stephen Hawking: Inspiration and Aspiration - Along with the world, I mourned the passing of Dr. Stephen Hawking. A tribute and how he influenced my life. 

7. The Access Ramp to Volunteering - Lives whether abled or (dis)abled have to be worth living. The importance of volunteering vs just being the recipient of volunteering. 

8. Compulsion Complexity - I explain the phenomenon of obsessive-compulsive and repetitive behaviors that can often accompany autism. 

9. O Body, Where Art Thou? - The lack of Body Awareness is a little known phenomenon in autism. I attempt to explain the neuroscience. 

10. The Faces of Autism - If you meet one person with autism, you have met just one person with autism. The same diagnosis can have a thousand faces.