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.
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.
Calling autism a “hidden disability” is oversimplifying the facts and lived experience of autistic people whose disability is often seen but misinterpreted.
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.
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
Autistic researcher Emma Reardon discusses reasons autistic people may be overwhelmed by the holiday season and how you can better understand and accommodate your autistic loved ones.
Wolfheart Sanchez talks about the sensory hell of a doctor’s office and the multiple concurrent tracks that play through an overstimulated autistic person’s brain.
Autism Speaks proved Autistic people right, on accident, with a new screening instrument they’re advertising.
Lavender is both Blind and Autistic, and often supports that are helpful for Blind people do not work for people who are also autistic and have sensory and auditory processing differences.
Kalina Jones explores the word “control” as it’s often used as a word weaponized against autistic people. Instead, she focuses on the need for autistic people to have agency over their own lives.
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