-Cara Difiore I know I haven’t been blogging as much lately because of the last few busy days I’ve had but your artsy queen is back So first of all the writing, the cover, and everything else is done except the manuscript needs to be rewritten in a different format so here is the cover and the first page to avoid spoilers. So here it is ..read more

What is the legacy you want to leave behind? If you’re reading this. You might be wondering what my answer might be, but the truth is.. I don’t have one. We all get judged based on how different most of us act, interact, or even speak to people on a daily basis. I know that. It hurts heavily inside our hearts, like a drill that’s trying to destroy it. Emotionally, I’ve accepted that my mistakes have become part of who I am and the legacy It may bring in the future. I love my friends, co-workers, bosses, and family. Deep down, I understand that they care just as much. Being appreciated and kn ..read more

How do you feel about cold weather? On the one hand, it feels nice and beneficial. However, it doesn’t help if the temperature changes and fluctuates in a very abnormal way. I love cold weather but only in moderation, same with warm weather in the summertime ..read more

” Life is too short eat desert first “ What another great recipe for our autisticana recipe book. Marmalade cakes were founded in England and was recorded on a shipping inventory from Portugal in 1495. The first English citation of marmalade, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is 1524. Marmalade, its popularity riding on this knobby, yellow fruit’s ability to congeal, and probably also its medicinal promises, began with quince, and for about a thousand years remained only a quince product. We found all these health benefits of marmalade which just excited all of us as we made it with ..read more

By Christine Grimaldi This past week, the crew at Autisticana visited Spencer’s at the Smithtown Mall. The store is very interesting because it has shirts and clothing based on popular movies, anime, and musicians. It also has paraphernalia relating to weed, occultism, and magic, sex toys, and candy. They even sell manga and cookbooks. We all took pictures relating to our interests there. In 1947, Spencer’s started off in Easton, PA, as a mail-order catalog with tons of novelty merch by Max Adler and his brother Harry, the namesake being the former’s middle name Spencer. In 1963, three years ..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 friend and mentor. Christine learned how to be a conscious leader and news reporter through her years working by her side. We are so thrilled that coach Christine has now devoted her life into helping us do the same. We wanted everyone to know that we chose the name Autisticana , because we are autistic people and have beautiful minds. We as a team want to lift the stigma that so ..read more

A year at a glance with our News Makers @autisticana. The News Media Team that is going to sweep the nation. It is a little over a year, and I can not be more proud of my News Makers at Autisticana. We are an all ability news team that explores and investigates great news worthy corporations, people, restaurants, travel, stories, and fun conscious leadership events. As a team of conscious like minded leaders our goal is to peak people’s curiosity, share good news and advocate for what is right. We got inspired and got to work during the pandemic to help ourselves and others overcome their fea ..read more