When Autism and Grief Collide
neurodivergentgrrrl
March 21, 2021
This beautiful and touching article explores grief through an autistic lens and how autistic people experience grief differently.
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A Strategy to Help Autistic Kids be Less Afraid of Storms– Or Anything Else
Terra Vance
March 11, 2021
NeuroClastic CEO, Terra Vance teams up with autistic Meteorologist JP Kalb to help you support your autistic child through a fear of storms.
Why did I use drugs? The feeling of being an autistic addict
David Gray-Hammond
February 17, 2021
I completely replaced who I was. My entire life was about drugs and alcohol. It was literally all I spoke about. All I thought about. All of my hopes and dreams washed away and were replaced by what I thought was a “lifestyle choice.”
Nicotine addiction: the issue for Autistics that goes by the wayside
David Gray-Hammond
January 12, 2021
Autistic people smoke at higher rates than the rest of the population, and the reasons may be more nuanced than what is expected.
The social architecture of collective intelligence
Jorn Bettin
January 10, 2021
Many autists reject all forms of social power. Unless we have autistic people in our environment that nurture our sense of agency and intrinsic motivations, trauma may prevent us from learning how to trust others and build eye level relationships.
Why Autistic Kids and Adults Develop Intense Fears and Phobias
Terra Vance
December 5, 2020
To understand autistic fears and phobias, non-autistic people need more context. This article can help non-autistic people support autistic children and adults through what may seem to be unreasonable fears.
The dark side: Facing up to the things I have done as an autistic addict
David Gray-Hammond
November 27, 2020
David Gray-Hammond dispels the myth that autistic people are just adult children incapable of doing self-destructive, violent, or criminal behavior and asks society to consider their role in the circumstances that lead up to a vulnerable and traumatized adulthood.
Tal Anderson: Finding My Voice through Acting
thetalanderson
October 30, 2020
“The acting and improv training was a tool that I used to get me to the place where I am now – a place where I have a voice and I am confident enough to use it.”
Rediscovering the language of life
Jorn Bettin
October 20, 2020
As I have been pointing out for the last few years, the commodification of neurodiversity and the exploitation of autistic people is in full swing.
Masking and Mental Health Implications
Jacquelyn Fede & Amy Laurent
October 5, 2020
Autistic Masking is not a simple social fake. Prolonged masking has serious mental health implications for autistics; level up your knowledge so can learn to embrace your autistic loved one as their authentic self.