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Heather Adams: Remembering a Visionary Leader in Disability Rights and a Beloved Friend

by Jacqueline Bhabha and Jennifer Leaning When we think of public health crises today, autism is not likely to top our list. Yet, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it should be a front and center concern. One in sixty-eight children and one in forty-two boys in the US were diagnosed with autism spectrum diseases in 2012, and the numbers are steadily rising.[1] Globally the scale…

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Ali’s Triumph

June 23, 2015. When he was just over a year old, Rahel noticed that her little boy, Ali, did not behave like other children. He liked to be alone, spending hours and hours in front of the television or staring at nothing at all. She tried playing games with him, but he didn’t seem to notice. When she called, he didn’t answer. He didn’t speak, or look others in the…

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