Blog • Ollibean

Subconscious Stereotyping

When it comes to negative stereotypes, your subconscious may not be the best dinner guest.

An Autism Diagnosis in Minutes?

Ask anyone who has taken a psychological exam, words like “rapid,” “accurate,” & “mobile” simply are not ways of describing most clinical diagnostic measures. Luckily, at least for early detection of Autism, a group of doctors from the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School are looking to change that.

Presuming Competence

This issue is very important to me because so many events and breakthroughs in my life happened because I was presumed to be competent. On the other hand, some events in my life were not

Faces of Ollibean- We want to hear from you!

Every week we put the spotlight on another person out there making a difference. Share your story and inspire and motivate others to Be the Change.

Interview Kate Winslet Golden Hat Foundation

Kate Winslet discusses her inspiration for the Golden Hat Foundation.

OlliNEPAL at the SERC School

OlliNEPAL at the SERC School in Kathmandu

OlliNEPAL team at HDCS, Asha Bal Bikash Sewa (“Children’s Hope Development Service”)

OlliNEPAL team at HDCS, Asha Bal Bikash Sewa ("Children's Hope Development Service")

OlliNEPAL at Kanti Children’s Hospital

OlliNEPAL at Kanti Children’s Hospital

OlliNEPAL's Alexis Clarkson at NEPTA sponsored event at Kanti Children's Hospital.

Epidemic, Awareness and Us, Autistics

By now everyone knows about the new numbers on autism diagnosis. And we have already seen the media jumping in the alarmist train: IT IS AN EPIDEMIC! My friend and I decided to look up

OlliNepal Update – March 29

The Ollibean/OlliNepal team finished up their trekking outside of Pohkara, Nepal and are headed back to Kathmandu for 7 days where they will volunteer at a local school, meet with OLE Nepal ,Kanti Children's Hospital, and

Judy EndowWriter

Judy Endow, MSW is an author, artist, and international speaker on a variety of autism-related topics.

Henry FrostWriter, Jr. Editor

Henry Frost is an author and advocate for equal education and access.

Amy SequenziaWriter

Amy Sequenzia is a non-speaking Autistic, multiply disabled activist and writer. Amy writes about disability rights, civil rights and human rights.

Lauri Swann HuntWriter

Advocate committed to inclusion & social justice, proud mother of three wonderful humans, and part of the team that started Ollibean.

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