Resolution for Inclusion: Autistics need deep, quality friendships
ryansheart
November 27, 2022
Ryan Lee has three questions for autistic young people to see if they feel included by their peers.
Culture & Identity
Co-creating ecologies of caring and sharing
Jorn Bettin
November 26, 2022
Instead of the individualistic perspective, mental health can only be understood in a way that is meaningful for humans at the level of a biocultural organism at human scale. The interactions between us have a direct impact on our nervous systems, cardiovascular systems, and digestive systems.
You Can’t Expect Simple Answers to Complex Questions about Autistic Emotions
TrevorTypes
November 19, 2022
Nonspeaking teen activist Trevor Byrd tackles the nuance of trying to expect autistic people to trivialize their emotional life with false binaries and oversimplified explanations.
Cultural evolution towards human scale
Jorn Bettin
November 14, 2022
The neurodiversity movement is a human rights movement. No one and no organisation can genuinely claim to be supportive of the neurodiversity paradigm without committing to the political goals of the neurodiversity movement. There are no short cuts.
Autistic people are not for sale
Jorn Bettin
November 11, 2022
The cult of busyness undermines attempts at creating a shared understanding at a very basic level. In a hyper-competitive world the unexpected non-compliant Autistic behaviour is often misunderstood.
Poetry: AuDHD
Emmanuel
November 9, 2022
Emmanuel Abua considers the duality and sometimes polarizing reality of being both autistic and ADHD.
Hypermobility Pain Hacks
Mrinal Gokhale
October 31, 2022
Many autistic people suffer with chronic joint pain due to co-occurring conditions. Here’s how one autistic woman found some relief.
Being a Great Parent to Your Autistic Child at Fall Festivals and Halloween Events
Terra Vance
October 31, 2022
I could not believe what this father to an autistic son did when the boy got lost in an inflatable obstacle course.
The timeless and universal architecture of safety
Jorn Bettin
October 23, 2022
The timeless universal architecture of cultural and psychological safety boils down to awareness of the limits of human scale, and to de-powering all our relationships. Humans excel to collaborative niche construction as long as we stay within the safe limits of human scale.
Poetry: The Road.
Anantha Krishnamurthy
October 19, 2022
Anantha Krishnamurthy with another powerful poem that stands as a challenge to all that is wild and free within the soul of readers.
