Some traveled more than an hour to be in downtown Minneapolis, April 23, for a first-of-its-kind happy hour event for adults on the spectrum, hosted by Sheletta Brundidge , a business owner, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster on WCCO Radio, podcaster, author, Black activist and mom. Brundidge is also autistic.
“We drank, we ate, we laughed, we talked and we wandered around,” Brundidge said. “It was a safe space filled with fun, laughter and special connections.”
The group mingling and enjoying themselves did not fit the autism stereotype described recently by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who said in a press conference of kids with autism, “They will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.”…