Who Am I? Printable Resource for Connecting with Your Core Self
Terra Vance
October 3, 2022
Free printable resource to help you connect to your Core Self and begin to separate your identity from your masks.
Autism
On Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, Codependency, & Identity: How to get out from behind the masks
Terra Vance
October 2, 2022
Being forced to mask as a matter of existence pushes people into codependency and rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) and causes them a lifetime of trauma.
“Subnormal”: How a British Postwar Education Scandal Gives a Human Context for ‘Neurodivergence while Black’
Tré Ventour-Griffiths
September 26, 2022
In this article, public historian and artist-academic Tré Ventour considers a 1970s UK school scandal as an entry point into a nuanced conversation on neurodivergence while Black. Part-history, part-sociological inquiry. This is a must-read!
Autistic masking is why I have no friends
Faith Vance
September 21, 2022
“Despite being in a setting where I’m suppose to be my full, authentic self, I still can’t break down those walls and act like myself for fear of judgement.”
My Brain Is Autistic
Terra Vance
September 9, 2022
This is a NeuroInclusive story for all ages about how Autistic brains work with free printable PDF. Great for teachers share with students!
Mental Health Therapy for Nonspeakers
TrevorTypes
September 7, 2022
Trevor Byrd, teen Nonspeaker, writes about the benefits of therapy for Nonspeakers whose emotional needs are often overlooked in the push for interventions.
Autism: Not Such a Hidden Disability with Apraxia
Emma
September 5, 2022
Calling autism a “hidden disability” is oversimplifying the facts and lived experience of autistic people whose disability is often seen but misinterpreted.
The Autistic Boy in the Unruly Body: A NeuroInclusive Story About Apraxia
Terra Vance
August 12, 2022
The Boy In The Unruly Body is a children’s picture book by Gregory Tino about apraxia. Here’s a NeuroInclusive story about apraxia and the brain-body disconnect.
Co-creating a Centre of Autistic Culture in Auckland, Aotearoa
Jorn Bettin
August 8, 2022
The Autistic / ND whānau concept and Autistic / ND communities are important and essential building blocks of a new emerging reality. The social model of disability applies. We need to actively encourage environmental engineering, and we need to push back against toxic social expectations, and equip future generations of Autistic people with the tools and Autistic peer support that allow them to co-create healthy ecologies of care around them.
Majestic Smokey Mountains
Rishi Jena
August 8, 2022
A mighty poem about the majesty of an ancient mountain range by Nonspeaking poet Rishi Jena.
