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Alanna is our beautiful twelve year old daughter who lives with a diagnosis of Autism/ADHD. She also has limited verbal speech but is learning sign language to communicate. Alanna loves to stay active and is [...]

Conner Gibson Connor works at the Sprouts in my neighborhood. I went in one day wearing an AutismOklahoma.org t-shirt. He walked up to me and ask me if I knew it was Autism Awareness Day, [...]

Stephanie Emperly Dear Anime, I would like to thank you for telling stories for every kind of person imaginable. I would like to thank you for drawing facial expressions that I can understand as a [...]

Salem Crowds were a lot for 6 year old Salem. He would become overwhelmed by the noise and the movement. All of his senses crashing in on one another like a cacophony of awareness and [...]

David Case We went to high school together. He was a person on the autism spectrum and I was neurotypical. He would occasionally get picked on and bullied for being different. Kids can be cruel, [...]

Jack can’t always tell what you like. He can’t always tell what your interests are. For him the simple process of not picking up on someone's hobbies or interests has cost him friendships. Possible life [...]

Emily Laxton Emily is 12 1/2 years old. She has Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, ADHD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Developmentally Delayed. She is currently in her 7th year with the Shining Starz cheer team, at [...]

Alex In 2019 the board of AutismOklahoma.org voted to make sure they have advisers on how services are going in their programs. Alex became one of these advisers and was given the title of Program [...]

Abigael Abigael began life as a 3.2 pound premature baby who would be later diagnosed with Asperger’s, but she didn’t let that get in her way. Abigael attends Hefner Middle School. Just recently during a [...]

Tuning Into America Some people collect stamps, baseball cards, or Pokemon, John Cooper Ross collects radio stations. He has been doing this for some time now and was inspired by the film Contact. Cooper has [...]

"Over the past several years of being involved in this organization, my family has received tickets to numerous local sporting events, participated in pool parties, holiday celebrations, carnivals, sensory santa events, various autism trainings and [...]

Q&A With Connor Q:  What made you want to apply at PostMates? A: I have been unemployed for a long time, and never had any luck obtaining a job.  I've applied for hundreds of jobs, [...]

Justin is a sweet kid. He is also pre-verbal and on the spectrum. Behind his house there is an open field, a creek, an apartment complex, a busy parking lot and a road. On several [...]