By Your Side…release date February 14th, 2023 Author Dr. Christine Grimaldi Thirty years ago I was honored to be hired as Barbara Walters’ fitness trainer and health coach. It was a day I will always remember. I always had the Read more…
By Cara Difiore and Christine Grimadi Today we’ll be talking about why we realize why I think we actually all are aliens and why we also think there is no such thing as typical and the differences between neurodivergence and Read more…
The whole Autisticana team went to the Marriott in Melville to learn about online marketing and expanding their business to other platforms. We learned about stocks and growing a business from good times and hard times but it would help Read more…
As someone who has earned a PhD in neuroscience focused on evidence-based research, I can tell you unequivocally that a significant number of so-called “trusted resources” are often misleading or flat-out false. After years of lived experiences and comprehensive study, Read more…
By the Autisticana Team We wanted to write a blog to everyone to state our mission to the world. We designed this start up blog and news media company in Barbara Walter’s name. She was our coach, Dr. Christine’s’ dear Read more…
Proposal for Fundraising: Empowering Neurodivergent Voices at Autisticana and Expanding the CATS Ranch Initiative Introduction We are excited to present an inspiring opportunity to support Autisticana, a groundbreaking neurodivergent journalism platform founded by Dr. Grimaldi, as we embark on a Read more…
Navigating Aging and Agoraphobia in Autistic Young Adults: Understanding Challenges and Finding Hope. Aging is a natural process that brings various changes in the body and mind. For autistic individuals, especially young adults, this journey can be compounded by unique Read more…
Small businesses in America face numerous challenges due to COVID-19, including price increases, worker competition, and concerns about the Federal Reserve’s response to inflation. According to surveys from organizations like the National Federation of Independent Business, the Small Business Majority, Read more…
– Cara Difiore I thought I would share this big day with you all Let’s just say the day didn’t go as we planned and what I mean by that we left later than we planned it, with a little Read more…
By James Malone. I got this submission today and it was beyond moving and brilliant and wanted to share it with all of you out there. If you have a story you would like to share, please share it with Read more…
Barbra Walters has spoken to a lot of celebrities around the world and she was the first woman to change society and now women can forever be a news reporter. She was also the top 10 fascinating people around the Read more…
By Jackson Beach Travel is a very essential part of our lives. It can happen for business trips, visiting family, or even to have fun exploring popular places, people and families they have never seen before. However, autistic people usually Read more…
Every so often in my life, I believe that God gives me signs that I am meant to be where I am meant to be. The book Wonder by R.J. Palicio is a book about this kid named August who Read more…
By Cara DiFiore, Jackson Beach, Rachel Green, Danielle, Nicole, Scott Weisbrot, Elliot Gavin Keenan, and Ava Gurba, Akilah, and Steven This topic has been on my mind and I thought this would make a great blog for all to see, Read more…
By Anonymous I always find myself confusing because I always wanted to act like myself but had trouble figuring out how to identify myself as a male or a female. I also find it interesting to learn how many changes Read more…
Hi my name is Scott and I’m the CEO at Autisticana.org . I wanted to talk about why I love to take pictures of cars. I wanted to work at a Dealership just to take pictures of cars and add Read more…
We have been building a beautiful retreat house upstate and our coach Christine bought all of us a beautiful camper van so we could go back and forth and have camping experiences and help build a retreat house to mentor Read more…
In Norfolk, Virginia, there is an organization centered there named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. It is an organization that focuses on fighting animal cruelty and abuse in four areas: experimentation, entertainment, eating, and wearing clothing. It also Read more…
Our News Virtual Travel Bloggers got the opportunity to take a kayaking trip last Friday with a young man named Huy (You can follow him at his Facebook page Huygo Gang & Kiara Badass). Huy, Kiara and Momo created this Read more…
Our news makers, now taking on the job of being our virtual travel bloggers got the opportunity to take a virtual trip by Amazon Explore. Our trip was to the Featherwood Sanctuary in Australia. We had fun seeing the sanctuary’s Read more…
By Scott Weisbrot On Wednesday, the Newsmakers completed our very first virtual tour to Disney World in Orlando Florida. We were shown the six parks, which I never heard of before. I was only familiar with a few of them Read more…
By Scott Weisbrot We needed 2 vans for the blogging school, one for camping trips and one for the temporary taxi/Uber/Able Ride & Scat Bus [a local disability bus service]. I’ll be the driver to take friends to blogging school Read more…
The Women’s Snowboard Cross finals at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics took place on Friday, February 13, 2026, at the Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy. The course spanned about 1.1 km with a 154 m vertical drop, starting Read more…
Semifinal 1 Highlights: Men’s Snowboard Cross – 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics Semifinal 1 featured a stacked field with strong contenders like Aidan Chollet (France), Jakob Dusek (Austria), Loan Bozzolo (France), and Jonas Chollet (France). This heat was intense with board-to-board Read more…
Elana Meyers Taylor has been on the Women’s Bobsled team for many years as she made her 6th appearance in the Winter Olympics. Elana has been doing this sport for a long time and started participated in the 2010 Winter Read more…
Heat 1 – QuarterfinalsRiders (bibs and seeding context): This quarterfinal intensified the stakes on the Livigno Snow Park course (~1,100–1,970m long, 154m vertical drop), with four riders battling for the top two spots to semis. The track’s gate drop, banked Read more…
The Women’s Snowboard Cross quarterfinals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, contested on February 13 at Livigno Snow Park, unfolded on a high-adrenaline course with a steep gated start, fast drops, big air jumps, rolling rollers, sharp banked berms, Read more…
On February 12, 2026 the Winter Olympics took place in Italy while the event is at Livigno Snow Park, Italy. The Men’s Snowboard Cross at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics exploded into life with the most chaotic, high-stakes opening round Read more…
By the time the sun crested over the Livigno Snow Park‑Cross course on February 12, 2026, the air was already thrumming with anticipation. Snowboard Cross—one of the most chaotic, adrenaline‑driven events in winter sport—had arrived at its decisive stage. Athletes Read more…
Mainstream Top 40 radio, songs ranked between #20 and #40 often get most of their airplays at nighttime (between 7PM and 6 AM). Most Radios if they have a song in the charts under 20 usually play 3 or 4 Read more…
Matt Weston of Great Britain opened Run 2 with a statement performance. He rocketed down the track with total control, nailing every line and carrying tremendous speed through the bottom section. His time of 1:52.09 set the benchmark and held Read more…
The men’s skeleton competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics kicked off with an electrifying Heat 1 (Run 1) on the brand-new Cortina Sliding Centre track, setting the stage for one of the most dominant performances in recent Olympic Read more…