Vijay Ravindran

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We're Not Broken “This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...

My first book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation came out four years ago this month. It simultaneously feels like it came out yesterday and a century ago. I did it in hopes that people would take the needs of #ActuallyAutistic people seriously 1/
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The California National Guard situation is "unprecedented" if you are not versed in the Ghorman Massacre #Andor #knowyourhistory #StarWars

Today’s headlines led by Pope Leo. As a person who looks closely at identify first language — notable to me that WSJ describes him as “Pope from US” instead of as an American Pope.

Apple Vision Pro 2 Reportedly Cheaper & Lighter, Mac-Tethered Headset Coming Too Apple Vision Pro 2 will be cheaper and lighter, not just a chip upgrade, and the company is working on a Mac-tethered headset too, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

The Mac Virtual Display is the only killer app so far on Apple Vision Pro. Producing a lighter cheaper version that plugs into the Mac and maintains the resolution seems like a smart way to go: www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision...

Opinion | The clock struck midnight at March Madness. We’re not coming back. What’s a Big Dance without Cinderella? Other smaller schools should join us by leaving Division I.

There’s no going back and there won’t be Cinderellas anymore. Excellent points on how college basketball has changed: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

4 visionOS 3 features that can turn Vision Pro into an everyday device Apple’s not making a new headset anytime soon, so it has to renew Vision Pro interest with software.

I use my Apple Vision Pro almost daily because the Mac Virtual Display really makes me more productive. That being said, some great ideas here for AVP and also begs the larger question of how it might benefit w/ more thinking of what skuemorphism should be in 3D: www.macworld.com/article/2635...

"The challenge is that in divvying it up, while the federal government will still have a role, once it's not under one umbrella ... you risk that those issues will not be addressed as sufficiently and adequately as they were under the Department of Education," said @nancyayoussef.bsky.social.

Trump’s war on DEI comes for programs helping autistic students find jobs in STEM Programs meant to help autistic students study science have been caught in the Trump administration’s war on DEI, Eric Garcia reports

Really important read for those of us that care about the autism community by @ericmgarcia.bsky.social . Trump's DEI order goes deeper and further than most realize: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

M.A.S.K. toys are coming back, courtesy of The Loyal Subjects. Looking as though they are straight reissues without chrome but more detailed accompanying figures. Absolutely all in for this, the same day we saw Missing Link Arcee. We’ll talk about this day for years. 😍

Two thumbs up to Captain America 4! Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford were great and the DC battle was fun. Hains Point ftw!

Todays headlines across WP, NYT, and WSJ with @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gordon and Brett leading WSJ

How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze (Gift Article) President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.

Devastating roundup of deadly global results of US aid freeze. Limited exceptions are too late "hundreds of senior officials and workers who help distribute American aid had already been fired or put on leave, and many aid efforts remain paralyzed around the world." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...

Opinion | A simple fact check exposes Don Jr.'s ableist FAA rant An FAA initiative being derided by the right was in place the entire time Donald Trump was president.

Trump blasted the FAA's hiring program that hired people with intellectual disabilities. It's wildly hypocritical because this program existed under his first administration.
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Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 Ms. Richards oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.

So sad to learn of the passing of Cecile Richards. I first met her when I interviewed to be the founding CTO at Catalist. And had the privilege to get to know her over the next few years when we shared office space with America Votes. She was an inspirational leader: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

With VR, Neurodiverse Students Can Practice Skills on Demand Maryland-based ed-tech company Floreo VR gives students with autism a low-stakes, controlled environment in which to master social, emotional and safety skills under teacher supervision.

Excited to see Floreo (@floreovr.bsky.social) featured in this GovTech story on how NYC Autism Charter Schools is leveraging VR to improve the lives of its autistic students: www.govtech.com/education/k-...

R.F.K. Jr. Wants to Overhaul the F.D.A. How Would Scientists Change It? While some agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the agency needs reform, their ideas for fixing it are very different from his.

An entire story on how to improve the FDA and the reporter didn’t seem to talk to any of the companies being regulated and all the contributions seemed to be focused on more stringent regulations. Uh, ok: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/w...

Super depressing. Loved ones are so vulnerable when in this situation. And at the end, nothing criminal and the employees in question haven’t lost their jobs.

I Tried Google and Samsung's Next-Gen Android XR Headsets and Glasses, and the Killer App Is AI We got an early hands-on look at Samsung's mixed-reality headset and Google's glasses, powered by an all-seeing assistant.

Excited to see Samsung and Google back in the XR race and introducing a new OS platform. For those of us on the ground trying to make a business work, the more hardware options and innovation, the better. www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

The toxic autism politics of Trump’s second administration From Elon Musk to RFK, the right has developed an obsession with pushing two seemingly contradictory — but equally damaging — theories on autism, writes Eric Garcia. And this obsession is bleeding int...

Trump's presidency includes a number of grifters, most notably many who have promoted misinformation about autism. I wrote about how Trump's presidency represents the apotheosis of toxic theories about autism.
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Bill would make flag planting at Ohio St. a felony An Ohio state representative has introduced a bill that would classify flag planting at Ohio Stadium around Buckeyes football games as a felony.

Now this is the sports and community leadership we need! www.espn.com/college-foot...

Davon Mitchell cannot mature fast enough

Super close to a technical there. I guess that can’t be reviewed?

Inside San Jose State's polarizing volleyball season A controversial volleyball season that has included protests, forfeits and lawsuits over a player who is said to be transgender gets its next chapter this week at the Mountain West tournament.

And a stark contrast to the excellent piece on ESPN: www.espn.com/college-spor...

My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner, saag paneer.

sky follower bridge works great! In the Chrome App Store.

Rare to see that level of clock mismanagement as what we just saw in Bears-Lions. Ouch.

Cortica Snags $80M to Make Autism Care for Children Less Fragmented - MedCity News Cortica's $80 million raise was co-led by Morgan Health and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures and included participation from Autism Impact Fund.

Congrats to our friends at Cortica! They are revolutionizing whole autism care and we are so fortunate to be partnering together on @floreovr’s FDA trial! medcitynews.com/2024/11/cort...

Exclusive | Biden to Leave Trump With Billions for Ukraine Weapons American officials are acknowledging that the U.S. won’t be able to spend all of the money authorized to transfer arms to Kyiv by Jan. 20.

From my better half -- the Biden administration is not moving fast enough on behalf of Ukraine before inauguration: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...