Category: Blogs
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Adult Panel: Surviving Daily Life
Adult Panel: Surviving Daily Life Our Treasures and Wisconsin Autism Empowerment held a panel on July 12, 2025, where three autistic adults came together to share the methods they’ve developed for managing everyday challenges. Their wisdom—hard-earned through experience—offered practical insights and validating reminders for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the demands of adulthood. Below is a…
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Employment Panel Insights
Employment Panel Insights By Sandy Krause Thank you to the panelists on our employment panel on Saturday, May 10th. Benjamin King brought the perspective of an HR recruiter. Millie Rodriguez brought the college neurodivergent placement expertise to represent MATC. Mark Poffinbarger came from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation with resources and guidance. It was a great sharing of knowledge. …
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Black, White, Grey
Black, White, Grey By Sandy Krause October 31, 2024 I attended a meeting for parents of ND ‘kids’ a few weeks ago through the Islands of Brilliance Brilliant Mornings group. The topic was keeping our ND family safe while out in the world when the unexpected happens. Moreover, as an ‘older’ adult, I can tell…
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Wisconsin Disability Rights Need You
Wisconsin Disability Rights Need You Hello Wisconsin friends of ASAN, My name is Jules Good and I am the Programs Coordinator at ASAN. I’m also looping in my colleague Nina Stoller (they/them), one of our Policy Coordinators. We are working with a coalition of other disability rights orgs to find folks to meet with key Congresspeople…
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A Message from ASAN
A Message from ASAN Hello, For those of you I haven’t met, my name is Jules Good (they/them) and I’m the Programs Coordinator at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). A bit of background information: We’ve been working to end subminimum wage and improve conditions for disabled workers. Right now, there are two ways to…
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Gems from Panel Presentation
Gems from Panel Presentation By Sandy Krause June 26, 2024 Some of our group members shared things they wished to include in the panel information shared. Below are the pieces of wisdom that may help many. Explain what autism is when it’s diagnosed. Don’t keep it a secret from us. We already know we’re different…
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Lessons From Our Panel
Lessons From Our Panel By Sandy Krause May 23, 2024 Saturday May 18th we had a panel presentation called ‘What I Wish My Parents Knew’. There were four autistic adults who spoke about the things others did that helped them and those that caused harm. The goal was to make the path smoother for others…
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Celebrating Our Connections
Celebrating Our Connections There is an old adage “Whom you spend time with is whom you become.” I had a therapist once tell me that the biggest way to change your life is to change the company you keep. She said that we become a combination of the five people we spend the most time…
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Enable vs. Support
Enable vs. Support By Sandy Krause February 16, 2024 In psychotherapy and mental health, enabling is a term that means giving a positive sense of empowering individuals or a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behavior. Most parents use the words empower or support instead of ‘enable’ for the positive type of enabling. Parenting is a…
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If Life is Hard, Change the ‘Rules’
If Life is Hard, Change the ‘Rules’ By Sandy Krause November 29, 2023 This is an insightful piece about letting go of silly rules when life gets hard. A skill we all need under stress. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE. When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn’t get out…
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