Laura McKenna
@laura-mckenna.bsky.social
Autism Consultant, Politics/Life Substack Writer
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I wrote about the rising rate of autism. open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
The Rising Rates of Autism
It's Better Diagnoses, Not Vaccines
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April 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I wrote about the rising rate of autism. open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Democrats Need A New Message
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Democrats Need A New Message
It's got to be about the beneficiaries, not the bureaucrats.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Democrats Need A New Message
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Parent backlash against the national education test results is happening in NJ. Steve snapped pictures of these signs at the train station.
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February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Parent backlash against the national education test results is happening in NJ. Steve snapped pictures of these signs at the train station.
More info on the poor national test results: lauramckenna.substack.com/p/american-s...
More info on the poor national test results: lauramckenna.substack.com/p/american-s...
American Students Continue to Fail
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American Students Continue to Fail
Five for Friday, January 31, 2025
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February 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
American Students Continue to Fail
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Overcorrecting Public Schools and More
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Overcorrecting Public Schools and More
Can We Reform Schools and Other Government Programs Without Tearing Everything Down?
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February 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Overcorrecting Public Schools and More
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Yes, Biden was too old, a puppet for the misguided. And, at the same time, Trump is an idiot. I can hold both those truths without contradictions.
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Trump's Royal Family Cosplay open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Trump's Royal Family Cosplay
Trump is Building an American Dynasty
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January 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yes, Biden was too old, a puppet for the misguided. And, at the same time, Trump is an idiot. I can hold both those truths without contradictions.
Trump's Royal Family Cosplay open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Trump's Royal Family Cosplay open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Talking obesity, loneliness, and insomnia today. Fun! You love me! And good news about my kid.
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is No Way to Go Through Life open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is No Way to Go Through Life open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is No Way to Go Through Life
Five for Friday, January 17, 2025
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January 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Talking obesity, loneliness, and insomnia today. Fun! You love me! And good news about my kid.
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is No Way to Go Through Life open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is No Way to Go Through Life open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
The Power of Disruptive Events
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The Power of Disruptive Events
The Los Angeles wildfire will revolutionize urban development, strengthen the MAGA coalition, and change the map of California.
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January 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Power of Disruptive Events
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Your tip does not go to your server. It is pooled together and divided up among all the staff. Bus boys, for example, get a portion. Owners pay them around $9 an hour and then use the tip money to bring up the salary to min wage. Your tip money benefits the owner, not the workers.
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Your tip does not go to your server. It is pooled together and divided up among all the staff. Bus boys, for example, get a portion. Owners pay them around $9 an hour and then use the tip money to bring up the salary to min wage. Your tip money benefits the owner, not the workers.
Take a little time today to make a list of all your wins in 2024. Here’s my list:
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Listing All the Wins From 2024
Autism Business, Substack Friends, Launching Children
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December 31, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Take a little time today to make a list of all your wins in 2024. Here’s my list:
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Is your teen with learning differences, autism, or ADHD planning on attending a four-year college? Then check out our webinar with Josephine Vonarburg on January 8th at 7:00.
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December 28, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Is your teen with learning differences, autism, or ADHD planning on attending a four-year college? Then check out our webinar with Josephine Vonarburg on January 8th at 7:00.
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1 in 36 children in the US -- about 2 million children -- have an autism spectrum disorder. That's a nice-sized market with few groups currently serving that population. An entrepreneurial opportunity, one might say.
December 28, 2024 at 4:34 PM
1 in 36 children in the US -- about 2 million children -- have an autism spectrum disorder. That's a nice-sized market with few groups currently serving that population. An entrepreneurial opportunity, one might say.
Tips for autism parents in today's autism newsletter.
How Can We Teach Autistic Kids to Handle Unstructured Time During the Holidays? open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
How Can We Teach Autistic Kids to Handle Unstructured Time During the Holidays? open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
How Can We Teach Autistic Kids to Handle Unstructured Time During the Holidays?
It's a Time to Grow An Important Soft Skill
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December 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Tips for autism parents in today's autism newsletter.
How Can We Teach Autistic Kids to Handle Unstructured Time During the Holidays? open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
How Can We Teach Autistic Kids to Handle Unstructured Time During the Holidays? open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
How We Got Stuck and Unstuck
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How We Got Stuck and Unstuck
Excerpt From Chapter One, Our Story
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December 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM
How We Got Stuck and Unstuck
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Billion-dollar insurance industries deny therapy for autistic children — it’s hard to think of worse villains. Financial support for autism must come from the federal government.
How Health Insurance Companies Fail Autistic Children open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
How Health Insurance Companies Fail Autistic Children open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
How Health Insurance Companies Fail Autistic Children
If they won't pay, the federal government must step in.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Billion-dollar insurance industries deny therapy for autistic children — it’s hard to think of worse villains. Financial support for autism must come from the federal government.
How Health Insurance Companies Fail Autistic Children open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
How Health Insurance Companies Fail Autistic Children open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Today's autism newsletter talks about the expanding definition of neurodiversity and strategies for autism parents. I also share some business and family info.
New Opportunities and Better Strategies for Neurodiverse Students open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
New Opportunities and Better Strategies for Neurodiverse Students open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
New Opportunities and Better Strategies for Neurodiverse Students
Excerpt, From the Book Intro
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December 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Today's autism newsletter talks about the expanding definition of neurodiversity and strategies for autism parents. I also share some business and family info.
New Opportunities and Better Strategies for Neurodiverse Students open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
New Opportunities and Better Strategies for Neurodiverse Students open.substack.com/pub/greatlea...
My kid is about the same age as Luigi. Much of this essay comes from our heated political discussions in the kitchen.
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Why Mangione is the Face of a New Social Movement open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Why Mangione is the Face of a New Social Movement
Manifestos and Revolutions Are Fueled By Pissed-Off Young Men
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December 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM
My kid is about the same age as Luigi. Much of this essay comes from our heated political discussions in the kitchen.
Why Mangione is the Face of a New Social Movement open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Why Mangione is the Face of a New Social Movement open.substack.com/pub/lauramck...
Watching Martha. So good.
December 12, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Watching Martha. So good.
Five for Friday, December 6, 2024
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December 6, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Five for Friday, December 6, 2024
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Where Can My Neurodiverse Kid Get Help On a College Campus?
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December 5, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Where Can My Neurodiverse Kid Get Help On a College Campus?
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Elite Collapse
With it goes the Democratic Party and rationality.
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December 4, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Timeline cleanse
November 29, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Timeline cleanse
Book writing friends: do you use a writers’ program, like Scribner, or do you just power through on Word or Google Docs?
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Book writing friends: do you use a writers’ program, like Scribner, or do you just power through on Word or Google Docs?