Guest Post

MCD is pleased to invite Jillian Nelson as our World Autism Awareness Day guest contributor. Jillian is a Queer autistic advocate from Saint Paul. She is the Community Resource and Policy Advocate for the Autism Society of MN and a member of the Governors Council on Developmental Disabilities, the State Rehabilitation Council, and Co-Chair of the Anti- Discrimination and Intersectionality committee for the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities. Jillian is determined to change the narrative about what autistic people are capable of and what life with autism is like.

Autism Awareness Month Guest Blog by Noah McCourt: If we’re going to have “Autism Awareness Month” than let’s do it right and actually take the time to be more than “aware” about autism and celebrate the value that neurodiversity adds to the human experience in ideology, in perspective, in relationships and in our communities.