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IN THIS ISSUE... REGULARS 48 Close Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings and Goings . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 COVER STORY Autistic Self-Advocate Helping Kids Succeed in a Broken Educational System SWAT: Special Ways and Techniques for Educating Students with Autism for Maximum Academic and Social Inclusion (Part 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Stephen Shore shares ideas for teachers on how to make sure all students’ academic and social needs are met in Part One of his SWAT series. Carol Greenburg says it’s her autism that helps . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4 (Autism & Love) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Spotlight on Success 52 (Children of the Rainbow) . . . . . . . . . . . . This Issue’s Q&A Question If you could let a teacher (past or present) know just one thing about you (if you are autistic) or your autistic child (if you are the parent), what would it be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 FEATURES Chloe Rothschild and Dena Gassner discuss the mentor/ mentee bond and how their relationship with each other has positively shaped who they are. Spotlight on Success keep things in the conference room and out of The Importance of Mentors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 06 Letter from the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoom In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 her be such a great advocate and allows her to the hearing room! 40 Legislation Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Easy Tips to Make the Transition Back to School Easier . . . . . . . . 39 Dr. Jamie Carter and Ahna O’Shaughbessy share a few easy ideas that will make any transition smoother. COLUMNS ZOOM Autism through Many Lenses Creating a Workstation on a Budget . . . . . . . . . 16 Autistic, Adult, Brown, Alive and Still Invisible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 Editor Sharon Fuentes, with the help of her autistic son Jacob, share how to create a budgetfriendly homework/work station that addresses many sensory, attention and executive functioning challenges. Michael Buckholtz shares what it is like for him to live in a world that continues to teach its citizenry that peoples with brown skin are less valuable than those who are not. You won’t want to miss reading the answers! Coming Next Issue: Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism co-founder and editor Shannon Des Roches Rosa ZOOM Autism through Many Lenses 5