Spectrum Life Magazine from Autism Empowerment

ALT Alt text: "Navigating with Niko banner featuring three photos of a person with long hair. Text reads: 'What Happens When Disabled Wisdom Disappears? Preserving Disability Stories, Learning from Disabled Elders' by Niko Boskovic. Website link and logos for Autism Empowerment and Spectrum Life included."

ALT Winter 2026 issue of Spectrum Life Magazine from Autism Empowerment. Cover features a neurodivergent family in winter attire. They are founders of Special Celebrations, an inclusive support group and special event group for youth and adults with autism and other disabilities. https://www.spectrumlife.org/winter2026

ALT A person with short teal and green hair smiles slightly while wearing a black sleeveless shirt that says “Autistic” in rainbow colors. Behind them is an outdoor background with soft focus. To the right, colorful text reads: “NEUROQUEER INTERSECTIONS and why Normal is a Lie. The Two Closets: What Coming Out as Autistic and Queer Taught Me.” The Autism Empowerment and Spectrum Life Magazine logos appear above a rainbow brain icon and a Pride flag.

ALT Banner for the Ask Spectrum Life column titled “When Words Divide, How Do We Heal Community?” The image features two overlapping speech bubbles—one teal and one orange—with a visible crack between them, symbolizing division and repair. The background is a soft watercolor blend of orange, purple, and yellow hues. In the upper right corner is the Ask Spectrum Life logo with a cat icon and tagline “Autism Resources for our Community.”

ALT A promotional collage for Navigating with Niko: Why Accommodated Living Makes Sense for Me by Niko Boskovic. The background is olive green with four photos of Niko: celebrating his 24th birthday with a cake, using a letterboard to communicate, standing on a wooded trail, and posing near a lake. Logos for Autism Empowerment, Spectrum Life Magazine, and Niko’s column appear at the corners, along with a compass graphic. Text reads: “Navigating with Niko — Why Accommodated Living Makes Sense for Me by Niko Boskovic” and www.spectrumlife.org/navigatingwithniko

ALT Cover of Spectrum Life Magazine – Fall 2025. A woman and three children stand together outside in front of a blue house, striking playful superhero poses. The children wear colorful shirts, including Marvel and Spider-Man designs. Text reads: “PNW’s Premier Magazine for Autism and Neurodivergent Communities.” Featured articles listed include Employers Overload: Building Inclusive Futures, Belong Art Community, Conexiones en la Comunidad, Masking, Motherhood, and Grief, Empowering Students for Success, Standing Together Against Bullying, and When Words Divide: How Do We Heal Community? A small orange fall leaf with “Fall 2025” appears in the lower right corner. https://www.spectrumlife.org/fall2025

ALT Promotional poster for The Autograph King documentary. Shamim Dana, a man with curly hair, sunglasses, and a colorful shirt, sits confidently in a director’s chair surrounded by memorabilia including books, toys, musical instruments, and action figures. He holds a giant Sharpie marker. A person in a lion costume sits beside him. The background is a glowing orange gradient with walls lined with framed autographed photos. Bold text reads "The Autograph King" above his head, with his signature underneath.

ALT Cover of Spectrum Life Magazine, Summer 2025 issue. Three smiling adults stand outside Stephen’s Place under bright sun. Text highlights: "Celebrating 10 Years of Stephen’s Place," "Shamim Dana: The Autograph King," and “Disability Justice and the Books That Inspire.” Autism Empowerment and Spectrum Life logos appear on the left and right. A 14th Anniversary badge is in the upper right corner. https://www.spectrumlife.org/currentissue

ALT https://bit.ly/sensorytoll Girl with a headache from lights too bright and sounds too noisy.

ALT Stylized digital illustration of a teal-haired woman breaking through a gray stone wall. She wears a blue shirt and has vibrant rainbow-colored wings, symbolizing freedom and neurodivergent identity. Above her, bold white text reads: "Instead of seeing a struggling kid with unmet needs, I was blamed, shamed, and punished… and it wrecked me." Smaller text below says: "In a new Asking Autistics column, Lyric Rivera shares their experience of being misunderstood and mistreated for being NeuroDivergent." The bottom of the image reads: "Spectrum Life."

ALT Illustration of two young adults sitting indoors having a serious conversation. On the left, a person with short teal and purple hair sits on a window ledge, looking slightly anxious. On the right, a person with curly black hair sits on a chair, listening with a calm and caring expression. Behind them is a large brown box with bold white text that reads: “Not Everyone Earns Your Truth: Oversharing and Boundaries.”

ALT Illustration of four people in a classroom or meeting setting focused on speech and language support. One person stands holding a book titled "Speech and Language." Another person with short green and gray hair points to a tablet displaying icons commonly used in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), such as a heart, apple, and person. A third person is working on a laptop, and a fourth person stands beside them smiling. A clipboard with the same icons is displayed on a screen in the background. Illustration from Spectrum Life Magazine article about PSU’s Autism and Social Communication Lab.