
Name Synesthesia: Sorry, Rhona, and no offence, Gary
Whenever synesthete Pete Black hears a name, any name, an image or scenario instantly forms in his mind. Here’s a list of some names and his associated synesthesia.
Whenever synesthete Pete Black hears a name, any name, an image or scenario instantly forms in his mind. Here’s a list of some names and his associated synesthesia.
Whenever synesthete Pete Black hears a name, any name, an image or scenario instantly forms in his mind. Here’s a list of some names and his associated synesthesia.
Whenever synesthete Pete Black hears a name, any name, an image or scenario instantly forms in his mind. Here’s a list of some names and his associated synesthesia.
A book can manifest a “safe space” of unity and empathy… and that is just what this book does. I felt safe, seen, heard, understood, valued, and affirmed, reading each word, each chapter.
Ryan Lee has three questions for autistic young people to see if they feel included by their peers.
Instead of the individualistic perspective, mental health can only be understood in a way that is meaningful for humans at the level of a biocultural organism at human scale. The interactions between us have a direct impact on our nervous systems, cardiovascular systems, and digestive systems.
Nonspeaking teen activist Trevor Byrd tackles the nuance of trying to expect autistic people to trivialize their emotional life with false binaries and oversimplified explanations.
The neurodiversity movement is a human rights movement. No one and no organisation can genuinely claim to be supportive of the neurodiversity paradigm without committing to the political goals of the neurodiversity movement. There are no short cuts.
The cult of busyness undermines attempts at creating a shared understanding at a very basic level. In a hyper-competitive world the unexpected non-compliant Autistic behaviour is often misunderstood.
Sebastian Rubino reviews the long-awaited book, I Will Die on This Hill, by autistic advocate and parent, Jules Edwards, and allistic ally and parent, Meghan Ashburn.
Many Autistic people have suffered some form of abuse throughout their childhood from their caregivers. Broken trust is at the core of Autistic trauma. There are no shortage of leverage points for healing from Autistic trauma. Our main challenge consists in progressing the neurodiversity movement in the face of headwind from powered-up established cultural institutions.
Terra Vance walks readers through an event that her child experienced differently from other children– from the margins, like a failed audition in being human that illuminates the heartbreaking inevitability of masking and exclusion.
Supporting the neurodiversity movement and repairing the human cultural immune system is no longer a luxury, it has become a matter of survival, not only for neurodivergent people, but for everyone who is alive today and for all future generations.
A book can manifest a “safe space” of unity and empathy… and that is just what this book does. I felt safe, seen, heard, understood, valued, and affirmed, reading each word, each chapter.
Ryan Lee has three questions for autistic young people to see if they feel included by their peers.
Sebastian Rubino reviews the long-awaited book, I Will Die on This Hill, by autistic advocate and parent, Jules Edwards, and allistic ally and parent, Meghan Ashburn.
Many Autistic people have suffered some form of abuse throughout their childhood from their caregivers. Broken trust is at the core of Autistic trauma. There are no shortage of leverage points for healing from Autistic trauma. Our main challenge consists in progressing the neurodiversity movement in the face of headwind from powered-up established cultural institutions.
Terra Vance walks readers through an event that her child experienced differently from other children– from the margins, like a failed audition in being human that illuminates the heartbreaking inevitability of masking and exclusion.
Supporting the neurodiversity movement and repairing the human cultural immune system is no longer a luxury, it has become a matter of survival, not only for neurodivergent people, but for everyone who is alive today and for all future generations.
A book can manifest a “safe space” of unity and empathy… and that is just what this book does. I felt safe, seen, heard, understood, valued, and affirmed, reading each word, each chapter.
Ryan Lee has three questions for autistic young people to see if they feel included by their peers.
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