Inside The Judge Rotenburg Center Live Event
Sara W.
July 23, 2022
On Monday, July 25th at 1 pm Eastern Time, the NeuroClastic team goes live with a former JRC Center worker for an interview. Join us!
Trauma
Worldwide #ShineOnMax Candlelight and Rocks Vigil
Sara W.
July 22, 2022
Details on vigil commemorating the life of Max Benson, and a call for justice in his death by restraint.
A Letter of Support
Emmanuel
July 14, 2022
A letter of support to neurodiverse people inspiring all of us to radical self-care as a form of activism.
Autistic ways of being, trauma, and diagnosis
Jorn Bettin
May 9, 2022
Discrimination against Autistic people is comparable to the level of discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people 50 years ago. In this environment, obtaining a diagnosis can be an invitation for potential abuse and exploitation.
Co-creating Autistic / ND communities
Jorn Bettin
April 13, 2022
Thriving Autistic / ND communities, that act as local centres of Autistic / ND culture, can only come into existence if we can imagine new kinds of collaborations between Autistic / ND whānau and the rest of society, and if we allow designs to emerge organically from the collective intelligence that exists amongst intersectionally marginalised people at ground level.
Depowered feral Autistic relationships
Jorn Bettin
March 7, 2022
The need to be resilient is something that Autistic people unlearn over time. We need to learn to be gentle with ourselves. With the concept of Autistic whānau we are exploring new terrain and new possibilities. It’s something that we can incrementally weave into the Autistic collaborations that are already established.
The Autistic pace of life in the ocean
Jorn Bettin
February 24, 2022
Thanks to wonderful Autistic conversations I think I am beginning to understand why I feel so much at home in the ocean. To date I had not connected it to healing from Autistic trauma, but now I see the connection with increasing clarity.
Autistic trauma peer support
Jorn Bettin
February 13, 2022
In 2022 the Autistic Collaboration community is in the process of co-creating and operationalising peer support services for Autistic Trauma based on the lived experiences of Autistic people all over the world. We invite our Autistic peers (you) to contribute lived experience.
The Human Rights Case Against Harmful Behaviour Modification for Autistic People
Jorn Bettin
January 29, 2022
This event is part of the Global Disability Summit and also part of the global Ban of Conversion Therapies project, towards comprehensive bans of all forms of conversion therapies (Applied Behaviour Analysis, or ABA, Positive Behaviour Support, or PBS, and various other rebrandings).
Life with Autism, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Cats
David Chin
January 10, 2022
After surviving a war zone in Saudi Arabia and Beirut and returning to the US, David Chin found himself face down in a puddle in a grocery store parking lot, screaming “AIR RAID!” when he heard thunder. He was diagnosed with PTSD and told to get a pet.
