by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism & girls, autism writings, debunking myths, essays |
An autism specialist and I were talking about the prevalent idea that if you love someone who is autistic (especially if you’re a parent of an autistic), then you’ve earned some kind of award. You’re a superhero. You’re a super-person. There are...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism & girls, autism writings, debunking myths, essays, no cure, no prevention
Here’s the thing with autism and those of us who are autistic or have autistic kids: We’re taught (or forced to) “normalize” our experiences and bend to fit into a “neurotypical” society … a society which does not, mostly, have acceptance or compassion for...
by Rebecca Cavender | intuitive poetry, poetry
This is not the kind of love borne from cedar-ocean-moss or the scent of rain kissing your cheek. This is not lost in soft tides ebbing-flowing emotional currents changed by the hour, traveling outside territories searching searching searching. No. This love swallows...
by Rebecca Cavender | intuitive poetry, poetry
Open the gates to your sacred voice. Open the gates to the song of your soul. Open the gates to the chambers of your throat. Say “Ah.” Speak. Speak your heart. Speak. Speak your mind. I’ll kneel to the power of your truth. Mourn. Feel the lament in...
by Rebecca Cavender | intuitive poetry, poetry
It doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t have to be rushed. There is a play on the wind that calls you, a hush in the moments where all is still. It waits for you: the quiet, the whisper of your heart. Simple blessings radiate the heat of your...
