Poetry: Heat
Anantha Krishnamurthy
July 10, 2021
Teen nonspeaking poet Anantha Krishnamurthy is inspired by the recent apocalyptic heat waves to pen this powerful imagery and a warning.
Art & Reviews
Poetry: Lullaby (To a newborn autistic baby)
Anantha Krishnamurthy
July 3, 2021
Anantha Krishnamurthy, 13-year-old nonspeaking poet, writes a powerful and moving lullaby that would launch a world-changing paradigm shift if adopted.
Playscript Review: Burning Bridges, by Amy Shindler
Ashleigh J Mills
June 28, 2021
Ashleigh Mills reviews Amy Schindler’s play, Burning Bridges, looking specifically at the portrayal of the autistic character’s role in a love triangle.
Poetry: Assessment
Anantha Krishnamurthy
June 23, 2021
Anantha Krishnamurthy is a nonspeaking autistic teen advocate who uses RPM to communicate. In this poem, he recalls the isolation of not being able to demonstrate his ability before access to communication rights.
Book Review: Kiss and Repeat
Cheyenne Thornton
May 18, 2021
Cheyenne Thornton reviews Kiss and Repeat, a YA novel with a neurodivergent protagonist with Tourette’s. Read how Cheyenne felt about this debut novel by autistic author Heather Truett.
Lulu is a Rhinoceros: A Note for Parents, Teachers, and Direct Care Professionals
unrulyd
April 10, 2021
Sometimes, we have to learn someone’s language and trust them when they communicate who they are in order to find their rhythm.
Poetry: I Must Not Walk On
insideamirrormaze
March 26, 2021
A poem on the labouring journey in the unsteady steps of an autistic person who cannot feel the ground beneath her feet.
A poem that shouldn’t exist and isn’t a real poem anyway
Dynamite Garden
March 23, 2021
This is a poem that isn’t a poem, a defiance against an order, a declaration that shouldn’t exist because some places are not meant to be profaned by words.
Review: Lulu is a Rhinoceros… Plus an April Sneak Peak
Terra Vance
March 15, 2021
Lulu Is a Rhinoceros is a children’s picture book about a Rhinoceros who looks like a bulldog. It’s a mighty and subversive story about living authentically in a culture that values assimilation.
Spectrum Critters Comics: What is Masking?
artsaflame
March 5, 2021
Even the Spectrum Critters have to deal with the expectations of masking sometimes, but it doesn’t change who they are! You are perfect just the way you are, too.
