Eric Garcia is a journalist living in Washington, D.C. He has written for the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, the New Republic, Roll Call, Salon.com and National Journal. His book ‘We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation’ is out in August 2021.
Eric Garcia
Freelance journalist
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