April is Autism Acceptance Month, and how we’ve come to understand autism has evolved over the past several decades.
For years, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was thought of as something that needed to be cured. Through better data and years of activism, that misunderstanding is changing.
On this week’s episode of Well, Now we discuss that evolution with Sara Luterman, caregiving reporter for The 19th.
Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry and Ahyiana Angel with editorial oversight by Alicia Montgomery.
Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to wellnow@slate.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Decoder Ring: When Art Pranksters Invaded Melrose Place
Decoder Ring: The Fast Decline of the Slow Dance
Hear Me Out: Teaching Civics Can’t Save Democracy
Hear Me Out: Columbus Day Is Worth Celebrating
A Word: Black Grief, White Grievance
One Year: 1955 - The Hiroshima Maidens
The Waves: The Afghan Women Left Behind - Gender And U.S. Immigration
One Year: 1955 - The Cutter Incident
What Next: Can Marriage Fix America?
What Next: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?
Gabfest Reads: Zadie Smith Knows You're a Fraud
A Word: School of Destruction
One Year: 1955 - Siberia, USA
Hear Me Out: Bring Back The Draft
A Word: Wrong from the Beginning
One Year: 1955 - The Weather Girls
One Year: 1955 - The Crockett Craze
Hear Me Out: Overconfidence Is Killing The Supreme Court
One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play
Amicus - Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Slow Burn
Slate Debates
What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Decoder Ring
The Gist