Therapy Saved My Life
Nick Barry
September 19, 2021
Nick Barry is a nonspeaker who has his world opened up by gaining access to communication, but his emotional needs were not met until he was enrolled in counseling.
Mental Health
Religious Trauma and A Tale of Two “Isms”
neurodivergentgrrrl
September 9, 2021
Amanda Madru talks about the intersection of religion and autism and how being autistic made her susceptible to religious trauma.
A nonspeaking autistic teen’s reflections on the global pandemic
Sahit.B
August 29, 2021
Sahit Bhagavatula is a 14-year-old nonspeaking autistic who won a writing contest with this essay and his reflections on the covid-19 pandemic.
What does it mean to be an autistic adult?
Ann
August 28, 2021
What does it mean to be an autistic adult? A spouse? A home? A career? Or is it a constant battle to be accepted and working beyond the point of exhaustion into repeated burnouts?
Neuroception 101: How the mindbody scans and adapts for safety and danger
A.M.
August 5, 2021
Neurodivergent occupational therapist, Ara Munir, explains Neuroception, a sensory response to actual or perceived threats in the environment.
The OCD is in Control
TrevorTypes
August 3, 2021
Trevor Byrd is a nonspeaking autistic teen struggling with obsessive compulsions. He conjectures that OCD is his brain’s way of trying to gain some control over his circumstances.
Swallowed Whole: Inside an Autistic PTSD Flashback
asiatucoach
July 15, 2021
Asiatu Lawoyin, at age 42, experienced their first PTSD flashback from childhood sexual abuse. Asiatu unpacks the space between the trauma and the flashback through the lens of being Black and autistic.
Autistic Life, Trauma, and Disability
Jorn Bettin
May 11, 2021
Autistic people are anthropologists by birth in a very literal sense. Trauma and autistic lived experience in Western industrialised societies are very hard to separate.
The Strategies of ABA – What Parents Should Know Before Making a Decision
Meghan Ashburn
May 3, 2021
Knowing the Strategies of ABA helps to shed light on what the practice does to children in their most formative developmental years.
Autism in Motion: Ecopsychology and Autism
Russell James
April 10, 2021
What are the therapeutic benefits of nature and the outdoors? Russell James looks at ecopsychology as an accessible route to improving mental health.