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Welcome to the Community Journal! The editors of Integrated Self-Advocacy ISA™ invite you to submit your opinion pieces, articles or lesson plans on self-advocacy for publication. Guidelines are simple. Send no more than 1,000 words. Click here to submit. We can't promise to publish all submissions, but we will do our best!

Make Way for the Next Generation of Advocates!

LEAAD isn’t a peer-mentoring program; it’s much more than that. Erika Pumilia explains, “I think schools that have peer mentoring programs mostly do it to cover themselves. So that they can claim they provide social interaction” for kids on the autism spectrum. “But it’s almost like the kids are forced to do it, like they have no choice.” Continue..


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Elijah's Cup

This provocative and pioneering book is both a refreshing exploration of the history of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and a powerful story of the author's own struggle with her son Elijah's Asperger's Syndrome. More..


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