The Autistic English Dictionary (AED) is the principal dictionary of the English language for autistic people. In order to be comprehensible to autistic people, the English language needs to be updated with explicit definitions of the continuously shifting unspoken semantics that neurotypical speakers attach to specific words and phrases.
When all of her self-regulation routines failed to be enough to help her process the grief and anxiety of the covid pandemic, one woman found synesthetic release through movement.
We have created an English language version of The Guide, which can be downloaded below or by clicking here. We have also updated the original post with a link to this version.
Daniel Maskit explores the NHS response– or lack thereof– to the COVID19 pandemic and how it affects autistic people.
Becca Lory Hector from The Neurodiversity Newsstand writes about the diaspora of labels she has tried on since being diagnosed as autistic and the baggage that comes with each.
“Please help us. We are running out of everything. Please, please, please help.”
Two weeks later, sie was dead.
Autistic minds are different, and their potential can’t be measured by a test that is not created to measure divergent processing.
In part one of this series, the language and social significance of words related to intelligence and ability and the divide between the mainstream, academia, and autistic culture are explored.
A review of the Netflix documentary, Crip Camp, about the disability rights movement, written from the perspective of an autistic person.
I think that everyone who is autistic has wanted at times to get a group of neurotypical people to listen while you explain to them what being autistic is really like. From that perspective, being able to give a TedX talk was a bit of a fantasy come to life.