How To Bond With Your Autistic Child Through Your Special Interests
Terra Vance
August 3, 2022
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
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When a Non-Autistic Child Is Raised by Autistic Parents, Their Experiences Are Similar to Autistics Raised by Non-Autistics
Terra Vance
February 10, 2022
After presenting at a conference, Terra Vance was shuffled between small groups of audience members. In one group, a woman was angry Vance had not included information about how hard it is for non-autistics to have autistic parents.
The Social Convention of Holiday Gifts: An Autistic Nightmare
B in Utah
November 30, 2021
With cheeky humor and an easy conversational style, Bee discusses the stresses autistic people experience during the gift-giving holiday season.
Dear Mom, I am Autistic:
AdamAuron Lodestone
September 28, 2021
Adam Lodestone, now 50, writes a letter to his mother as his childhood self. How would this compare to the letter your childhood self would write to your parents?
The Hidden Strength of Autistic Moms in a Neurotypical Mom Culture
Jude Clee
September 13, 2021
Parents of autistic children, especially non-autistic moms, take up most of the space in the narrative about autism. Jude Clee points out the lack of representation from autistic moms.
Parenting Outcasts You’re Not Biologically Related To
Terra Vance
February 13, 2021
Family is more than just a biological relation. For those who never fit in their family of origin, found family is salvation.
Appreciating Autistic Chosen Families
hyperactivehypatia
February 12, 2021
Having others I can relate to who have both intersecting identities as part of their experience has been extremely helpful in figuring out how I should go forward coping with the challenges both these issues have caused for me.
Advice for Raising NeuroDivergent Children
bneal89
April 27, 2020
Here’s how to stop engaging your autistic child in fruitless power struggles and how to engage their natural desire to help others for a better, more peaceful relationship.
Coming Out to Family and Friends as Autistic
Jude Clee
March 14, 2020
In this article, Jude Clee takes a brief look at the difficulties that autistic people face when opening up about being autistic and shares some of her experiences.
Fresh Starts: After the meltdown
TrevorTypes
February 26, 2020
Nonspeaker Trevor on the aftermath of an autistic meltdown: “The moment my consciousness begins to return from wherever it fled during my meltdown, I am horrified with what transpired.
