The Editors' Picks


These poems were chosen by the editor's themselves to be represented here to show the relevance of poetry in a confused world.

Each one of the poems in this section were published in the first volume of Perspectives, Poetry Concerning Autism and Other Disabilities and each one touches on a true, relevent and important issue regarding autism and disabilities today.

Maria Iliou: An Odyssey To Maturity

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     A wonderful poem by Maria Iliou about living in a world as both an autistic parent raising an autistic child

                                                AN ODYSSEY TO MATURITY

Stanley W. Shura: Masked Hysteria

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A poem that brings to light the concept of masks in a world where everyone is hiding who they are. 

                                                    MASKED HYSTERIA

Nick Hale: What The Teacher Said [Annotated]

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 A wonderful poem centered in a mainstream classroom dealing with a teacher's response to a kid who is behaving a little bit different. 

                                               WHAT THE TEACHER SAID [ANNOTATED]

Lisa Zimmermann: Peace

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This powerful and sensitive poem by Lisa Zimmermann does a wonderful job of focusing on the internal struggle that people with disabilities face on a day to day basis. 

                                                           PEACE

Laura Zaffos: Sensory Overload

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This poem does a wonderful job of bringing the difficulties of a senseory overload to the reader


                                                   SENSORY OVERLOAD