Articles
(This is the section for articles BY Michael John Carley. For articles featuring, or ABOUT Michael John Carley, please go to his Past Media page)
"Acceptance" is a Start: Not a Finish
An Exceptional Parent reprint of an earlier piece I did for the Organization for Autism Research (OAR). The layout is on my site until EP's issue comes out later this month
Monogamy, Polyamory, and What is "Cheating:" A Guide for the Autism Spectrum (and Beyond?)
Sinkhole
In Praise of Autism Surfing Organizations
An Exceptional Parent reprint of an earlier piece I did for Sinkhole. Their layout is on my site until the issue comes out later this month
In the Autism World, Why Are We Afraid of Sex?
Exceptional Parent (EP) Magazine (EP's layout posted on my site until their January issue comes out)
Autism Without Fear: In Praise of Autism Surfing Organizations
Sinkhole
Autism-Schmautism: In the End, Darius McCollum was Poor and Black
(Temporary Placement until December 2018 issue of Exceptional Parent Magazine)
Autism Without Fear: We're Not "Bad at Sex," But We Sure Are Bad at Teaching It—Part 1: "Be Afraid!"
Part 2: The Autism World is NOT "Sexpositive." Here's Why
Part 3: The Lies That People WITHOUT Autism Live By
Part 4: Monogamy, Polyamory, and What is "Cheating:" A Guide for the Autism Spectrum (and Beyond?)
Sinkhole
Autism Without Fear: Why the Ability to Travel Might Mean...Everything
Exceptional Parent Magazine
Reprint of a January, 2018 Huffington Post column in Exceptional Parent Magazine, July, 2018.
Autism Without Fear: Nazi or No Nazi, Hans Asperger Was Not Our Father
(Temporary Placement)
Parents, Does Your Autism Spectrum Child's School Provide Peer Support...From Spectrum Grownups?
From the 2018 Autism Awareness Edition of Exceptional Parent Magazine
Reprinted in Spectrum Life Magazine in June, 2018.
"Acceptance" is a Start, Not a Finish
Written for the Organization for Autism Research (OAR) and their publication, the OARacle
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: The War on Christmas
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Remembering Donna Williams
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear—Green Bay Edition: For Better or for Worse
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear—Green Bay Edition: Erik, Time, and a Simpler Answer
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear—Green Bay Edition: Scott, Sensory Issues, and an Employer Who Gets It
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear—Green Bay Edition: Jakob Robinson is Missing From This Picture
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear—Green Bay Edition: Autism, Elder Care, Alzheimer's...Meet the Mortons!
Huffington Post
Written for NEXT for Autism
Autism Without Fear: "Do I Look Fat in This Diagnosis?"
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: On the Passing of Autism Speaks' Suzanne Wright—For Fellow Spectrumites
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: "Is My Company's Diversity & Inclusion Strategy...'Comical'?"
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Secrets/Confessions of an NFL Mock Draft Genius/LOSER
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Advice for Young, Autistic Authors
Huffington Post
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Autism Without Fear: Don't Get TOO Excited About Autism Employment Initiatives
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Asperger's, Shootings, Healing, Guns
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Schools Need to Bring Back Skilled Trades—A Conversation with Temple Grandin
Huffington Post
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Autism Without Fear: How "Best Practices" are Vastly Overrated in Today's Educational Environment
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: When We Are Overwhelmed
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: On "the Twizzler Challenge" and Other Populist Trends
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Examining the Legitimacy of Autism Life Coaches
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
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Autism Without Fear: A Tribute to Author Nancy Garden (or to "Sandy and Nancy")
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: Goodbye, New York. Hello . . . Green Bay, Wisconsin???
Huffington Post
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Autism Without Fear: Don't Kid Yourself—Or Rob Your Kid: Sports Matter
Part 1 of a three-part series for Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Autism Without Fear: In the Autism World, Maybe You Just ARE a Bad Parent
First contribution to a new blog with Huffington Post
Book Review: Gary Greenberg's "The Book of Woe" (scathing critique of the DSM-V and its authors)
February, 2014 issue of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Fall, 2013 edition of Australian Asperger’s Autism Spectrum Magazine.
Socialization for Those on the Autism Spectrum: The Value of Quantity, and the Bigger Picture
Different Roads to Learning.
Tackling the Unemployment Crisis for Adults with Asperger’s
Summer 2012 edition of Autism Spectrum News.
Do I Have Employees with Hidden Disabilities (and Not Know it)?
July 12, 2012 story for Linkage Magazine
Changing Developments in Employment for Young Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome
May 28, 2013 blog for ASTEP
2012 blog for ASTEP
The Primacy of Trust (Parts II)
Two part article written with Dr. Barry Prizant that began in the Fall, 2009 issue of Autism Spectrum Quarterly.
Asperger's Syndrome in the Workplace
CAI Human Resources Management. October 25, 2012.
What They Can Do, Not What They Can’t
Front cover article for the Summer, 2009 issue of Autism Spectrum News
Learning the Power of "So What"
Published in the Summer 2006 issue of Autism/Asperger Digest
Published in the Spring 2006 issue of The Autism Perspective (TAP)
Calling a Truce in the Spectrum Wars
Published in the Spring, 2006 issue of Autism Spectrum Quarterly
Published in the February, 2006 issue of The OARacle