Research has shown that instantly, non-autistic people negatively judge autistic people on first sight. This is a free printable resource for you on thin slice judgements.
After presenting at a conference, Terra Vance was shuffled between small groups of audience members. In one group, a woman was angry Vance had not included information about how hard it is for non-autistics to have autistic parents.
The Autistic community is in a cycle of miscommunication. By using the communication framework of Weavers and Concluders, we can move into a more intersectional and progressive community that leaves no one behind.
Champ Turner is free and will be home today! Our community is powerful when we work together. Thank you for all you have done to stand on the side of justice.
Autistic and non-autistic people have identities that are constructed differently. Values are not opinions to autistic people. They are central to autistic core identity.
Autistic people create analogies to relate, to solve problems, and to relieve stress. It’s related to their identity, neurology, values, and pattern recognition— NOT deficits in theory of mind.
Autism Speaks proved Autistic people right, on accident, with a new screening instrument they’re advertising.
Hecklers from Drexel University showed up to the Penn State conference to harass the nonspeaking presenters, then they published a slanderous article claiming most presenters were not really autistic.
Terra Vance posits that Autistic people experience empathy and emotions differently because the way autistic identity is structured differs from non-autistic people’s identity constructs.
If you want to stop autistic meltdowns, you will need to understand why they happen and what causes them. You can prevent them by using your position of authority to be an accomplice in co-regulation.
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