Poetry: Letter by Letter
RumiOttus
January 17, 2022
Nonspeaking youth Rumi Ottus spells out a striking poem about the life unlocked by having access to communicate via letterboard.
Communication
Autism and Religion: A silent anxiety
TrevorTypes
November 10, 2021
As a nonspeaker, Trevor Byrd internalized the religious dogma he heard his whole life in silent dedication. As he got older, his values conflicted with his rigid observance of Catholic canon. The support he received from his mom helped him to keep his faith and be true to his values.
Hecklers from the Penn State conference not finished: Drexel professor decides which Autistics are really autistic
Terra Vance
November 7, 2021
Hecklers from Drexel University showed up to the Penn State conference to harass the nonspeaking presenters, then they published a slanderous article claiming most presenters were not really autistic.
Understanding Autism through the Actually Autistic Lens: Resource List
NeuroClastic
October 21, 2021
A list of resources for those seeking to learn more about Autism, from the inside-out.
The Autistics’ Question
Tejas Rao Sankar
September 2, 2021
Tejas Rao Sankar challenges schools and society to invest in the autonomy of autistic people and not to deny nonspeakers the right to participate in the IEP process.
Tiny Typing Kids: A letter to young nonspeakers
TrevorTypes
August 28, 2021
Trevor Byrd is a teen nonspeaker who gained access to communication when he enrolled at Reach Every Voice. After seeing a young girl spelling on a letterboard, he wrote this letter to all the young spellers.
An interview with Soma Mukhopadhyay, pioneer of rapid prompting method (RPM)
Terra Vance
August 17, 2021
It is because of Soma Mukhopadhyay and her son, Tito, that thousands of nonspeaking and minimally speaking autistic people around with world have access to reliable communication.
The Autistic Gaze: Rumble Fish [film]
AdamAuron Lodestone
August 7, 2021
Representation matters, even indirect and unintentional representation. Headcanon neurodivergent characters abound in our cultural landscape. Motorcycle Boy is damn near archetypal for me. He is an avataric poem, a song of disenfranchisement, a long epic tale of knowing yourself SO well and being known not at all.
The purpose of human cultures
Jorn Bettin
August 3, 2021
From a position of safety within a network of mutual aid, autistic people are ideally equipped to act as catalysts for the evolution of social norms for collaboration between groups, to allow human scale communities to manage scarce resources sustainably at bioregional levels, and to share trustworthy knowledge globally, via the global communications networks we have established.
REVIEW: The Reason I Jump – An Unusual Film With a Very Important Message
Ben Breaux
August 2, 2021
Ben Breaux, nonspeaking autistic advocate and author, reviewed the award-winning film, The Reason I Jump, an adaptation of Naoki Higashida’s best-selling memoir of the same title. Breaux interviewed several members of the cast and crew to pen this critically-important and profoundly-insightful analysis of the film.
