Thank you to WUSA9 for featuring my beloved & mighty spectrum as part of their “Neighborhood Heroes” Segment. Click on the link to view ~ WUSA9 “Neighborhood Heroes” Segment (January 22,...
Meet This Angel of #AutismAwareness Who Calls the DC Area Home Posted on January 2, 2019 in Around Town, People I’m convinced persons with ASD are capable of a great deal more than many of us, or even they themselves, believe. — Whitney Ellenby Whitney Ellenby, of...
Our favorite Washington Post op-eds of 2018 By Post Opinions Staff December 18, 2018 The Washington Post Opinions section published hundreds of op-eds from outside contributors this year, covering an enormous range of topics, from Pi Day and Big Dairy to, inevitably,...
My son has autism. He deserves separate sensory-friendly opportunities. A scene from “The Lion King.” The show became the first sensory-friendly performance in Broadway’s history in 2011. (Darrin Bush/AP) By Whitney Ellenby November 27 at 4:38 PM Whitney...
Autism Uncensored is a transparent account of the life of Whitney Ellenby, a lawyer by trade, mother by choice, advocate too many, a hero to Zack and ambassador to autism. Whitney and her husband, Keith, were blessed with a beautiful boy, Zack, early in their...
The PC Conundrum: How Political Correctness Hinders the Disabled By Laurianna Cull | June 4, 2018, By Whitney Ellenby Consider this extraordinary true incident recounted to me by the father of an adult son with severe Autism. One evening his son unexpectedly...