It’s very common for autistic people to be misdiagnosed with personality disorders, anxiety, depression, social anxiety, mood disorders, or even ADHD when autism is also true to the person.
What happens when all neurotypical people are abducted from planet Earth and only autistics remain? Why, a band of autistic heroes forms to rescue them, of course! In this interview, we talk with Daniel Wolther and Jaime A. Heidel of FreeKing Comics.
Many parents and partners worry about the autistic loved ones in their lives spending too much time playing games… but gaming can be beneficial for lots of reasons.
In the autistic community, and in autism-related services, it happens too frequently that autistic people feel the same social exclusion and isolation they do from the rest of the world. This standard for fairness should be automatic for all situations.
Jaime Heidel interviews an educator about a different approach to learning that can advantage neurodivergent learners. The student-centered classroom puts learning in context.
Not for lack of effort and billions of dollars spent, scientists have still not found a cure for autism. From one genetics student, an exploration of why.
The rift between autistic advocates and parents of autistics can be contentious. A look at this divide and why it persists with an accompanying video.
I’ll only flourish in an environment that lets me be authentic, so I need to channel my grandmother and keep her influence around me. It’s not about being better. It’s about maximizing my unique, clumsy effort.
When spoken language is your primary social survival skill, selective mutism is terrifying to experience. How Johnny Profane ended up with “alcohol abuse” on his record while stone sober.
When as many as three out of every four autistic and learning-disabled adult in the UK has experienced a hate crime, it’s a luxury that humanity cannot afford to overlook the devastating impact of institutional ignorance and abuse regarding one of society’s most targeted and misunderstood populations.