About Me
I'm Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg, and I publish this blog, Journeys with Autism. I'm a wife, mother, writer, singer, artist, photographer, community volunteer, and the chapter leader for the Vermont Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).
At the age of 50, I awoke to my place on the autism spectrum and discovered a world of gifts, struggles, and life-changing possibilities. My latest book, The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism, was published in July of 2010. My work has also appeared in Shift Journal of Alternatives: Neurodiversity and Social Change and in the Disability Rights and Neurodiversity section of the ASAN website.
My Memoir
"The Uncharted Path is an autism autobiography unlike any I’ve ever read.....I’d recommend The Uncharted Path to anyone on the spectrum, to anyone who has friends or relatives on the spectrum, and to anyone who cares for people on the spectrum. Her book is written straight from the heart.” —Gavin Bollard, author of Life with Asperger’s
“Cohen-Rottenberg is emotionally honest and skilled at relaying the stories from her childhood and adulthood that made her the person she is today....A highly recommended read."—Kate Goldfield, author of Common Scents: Adventures with Autism and Chemical Sensitivity
“What Rachel has written, few others would be able to....An enlightening journey."—Jon Gilbert, author of Same Child, Different Day
My memoir The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism is now available in paperback for $17.95 and in PDF format for $8.95.
To purchase the book, please contact me by email. I accept payment via PayPal, by check, or by money order. You can also find the book for sale in paperback on Amazon.com.
Thank you for your interest in my work.
Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
rachel@journeyswithautism.com
My Visual Art
Sojourning in the Visual World www.sojournerartist.comMy Favorite Posts
- Am I More Than My Autism? I Refuse to Answer the Question
- Embracing the Social Model of Disability
- No More Disorders: Debriefing from DSM Diagnoses
- If I Could Rewrite the DSM-IV Criteria for Autism
- I Do Not Suffer from Autism
- Autism, Language, and Living in Paradox
- "Impaired" Theory of Whose Mind (ToWM)?
- Autism and Empathy
My Favorite Blogs
- (in)Visible Spectrum
- An Unhinged Life
- Aspie from Maine
- Aspie Teacher
- Aspitude!
- Astrid's Journal
- Autist's Corner
- Ballastexistenz
- Counting Time
- Existence is Wonderful
- Faces of Autism
- FWD/Forward
- Incorrect Pleasures
- Life in the House that Asperger Built
- Life with Asperger’s
- Mind Retrofit
- My Autistic Life
- Neurodiversity.com
- Rolling Around In My Head
- Same Child, Different Day
- Shift Journal of Alternatives: Neurodiversity and Social Change
- Simulacrum of Normal
- SpunkyKitty: My Wonderful World
- Static Vox
- That Explains Everything
- Zone38
Online Tests and Quizzes
Resources and Websites
- Anemone's Research Emporium
- Asperger Services Australia
- Autism Blogs Directory
- Autism Network International
- Autism Resources
- Autism Society of America
- Autism-Related Organizations
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Autistics.org: The Real Voice of Autism
- List of AS Specialists (US only)
- The Autism Acceptance Project
- The National Autistic Society (U.K.)
Sensory Integration Resources
Spectrum Artists
Categories
- Administrative
- Aging
- Alternative Theories of Autism
- Anxiety
- ASL
- Autism-Literate Therapists
- Awards
- Baking
- Belonging
- Bullying
- Childhood
- Communication
- Community
- Critiques of Autism Theories
- Depression
- Diagnosis
- Disabilism
- Disabilities
- Doctors
- Dyspraxia
- Education
- Empathy
- Employment
- Executive Dysfunction
- Eye Contact
- Fiber Art
- Food
- Friendship
- Girls and AS
- Gravitational Insecurity
- Grieving
- Happiness
- Hearing
- Literal Thinking
- Loneliness
- Mainstream Theories of Autism
- Making Art
- Making Lists
- Marginalization
- Marriage
- Medications
- Meltdowns
- Mind-Blindness
- Modes of Thought
- Monologues
- My Memoir
- Myths about Autism
- Occupational Therapy
- Parenting
- Perseveration
- Photography
- Picture Books
- Privilege
- Sense of Direction
- Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Sensory Processing Issues
- Sleep
- Social Gatherings
- Spectrum Pride
- Speech
- Spiritual Beliefs
- Stimming
- Survival
- Theory of Mind (ToM)
- Therapeutic Brushing
- Therapeutic Listening
- Vestibular System
- Visual/Spatial Skills
- Volunteer Work
- Weighted Blankets
- Weighted Vests
- Women and AS
- Word Pictures




