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Striving Towards Fluency Within Disability
When I was in elementary school, my mother noticed that I was having trouble making friends with other kids. Even though I did not have a diagnosis at the time, she found a way to get me into speech and communication therapy, first one-on-one and then with a small group. The way social skills were…
Numbers Where Numbers Should Not Be: A Criticism of Grading from a Being Who Loves Data
Last year, I graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Fun fact about that school: until the year 2000, they did not give grades. Performance in a class was instead marked by written evaluations, words from the professor or TA saying exactly what you did right, what you did wrong, and how you progressed…
Autism, Masking, and More in Adventure Time
Oh, Adventure Time. Created by Pendleton Ward and running on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2020, the colorful, bizarre show has captured the attention of fans across multiple demographics. I was first exposed to it as a twelve-year-old and was immediately won over by the music, oddball plotlines, and variety of memorable characters. Even though…
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Aurelia Under the Radar 