Inside The Judge Rotenburg Center Live Event
Sara W.
July 23, 2022
On Monday, July 25th at 1 pm Eastern Time, the NeuroClastic team goes live with a former JRC Center worker for an interview. Join us!
Diagnosis
Education about Autistic culture, the ND paradigm, and the ND movement – for medical professionals, by Autistic people
Jorn Bettin
June 1, 2022
Join Autistic people from all over the world, committed to the de-stigmatisation of Autistic ways of being and other forms of neurodivergence, in support of the development and delivery of education about Autistic culture, the neurodiversity paradigm, and the neurodiversity movement – for medical professionals, by Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people.
Autistic ways of being, trauma, and diagnosis
Jorn Bettin
May 9, 2022
Discrimination against Autistic people is comparable to the level of discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people 50 years ago. In this environment, obtaining a diagnosis can be an invitation for potential abuse and exploitation.
From pseudo-philosophical psychiatrists to openly Autistic culture
Jorn Bettin
December 27, 2021
The cultural bias that is baked into the pathologising framing of the diagnostic process compounds the trauma and perpetuates internalised ableism. We urgently need to educate healthcare professionals and the wider public about the neurodiversity paradigm, the neurodiversity movement, and Autistic culture.
Jane Eyre, Autistic Heroine
Annie Kotowicz (Neurobeautiful)
December 17, 2021
This article by Annie Kotowicz of Neurobeautiful explores Brontë’s Jane Eyre as autistic. By interpreting Jane as an autistic character, readers can gain insight into the complex thinking that drives autistic actions.
How I Came to be Diagnosed with Autism at 55 Years of Age
David Chin
December 12, 2021
Autistic elder David Chin spent life dealing with depression and masking. At age 55, life’s difficult mysteries came into focus when he was diagnosed with autism, giving him the tools to arrange his life to suit his neurology.
The continuously shifting justifications for pathologising non-conformists
Jorn Bettin
November 25, 2021
Following the trail of where Hans Asperger picked up the term autism I ended up reading a fascinating 1919 German book by Eugen Bleuler titled ‘Autistic and undisciplined thinking in medicine, and how to overcome it’. The content is not at all what you would think. The sands of pathologisation have shifted significantly.
The Gatekeeping of Diagnostic Dinosaurs: Autism, neurophobia, confirmation bias, and internalized ableism
Terra Vance
March 1, 2021
Understanding about autism in adults is sparse. Many psychologists and psychiatrists receive only a single paragraph of education about autism in all of grad school, creating a human rights crisis for undiagnosed adults.
Autistic People React to the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Test – Part 2
sebastianthedude
May 17, 2020
The most frequently-used screening measurement for autistic adults is the Autism Spectrum Quotient, or the AQ. But can it be reliable?
Autistic People React to the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) – Part 3
sebastianthedude
May 14, 2020
I just now remembered a dinner I had 5 months ago with an acquaintance, and realize I monologued almost the entire time in response to a question asked to me. I feel really bad about this now. She was probably too polite to say anything.
