Why You Should Debate Neurodiversity
2020-05-22
A close family member once told me that neurodiversity will never be mainstream because it’s not currently a “mainstream issue.”
How to Get Your Workforce Excited About Diversity & Inclusion
2020-05-20
Most diversity and inclusion initiatives fail more than 90% of the time. Here is how to implement a successful diversity and inclusion initiative in your workplace.
Game-Changing Research in the World of Communication Rights
2020-05-19
Skeptics have long tried to create doubt about the capacity for nonspeaking autistics who use spelling to communicate, but new research using eye tracking software proves agency.
Sixteen-year-old Killed by Restraint: It’s Time for Connection Over Control
2020-05-07
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Frederick was murdered at the hands of those charged with supporting his growth and development. He was killed for throwing a sandwich.
Nickelodeon Executives Are Too Rich to Care
2020-05-06
It is a theme I have noticed too often in governments, political parties, and corporations: that a voice and their suffering only matter to the powerful when the ends justify the means or fit a narrative that suits them.
Autism Acceptance Month — Organisations Autistic People Want You to Support
2020-04-28
Most people do not realize the autistic community exists, much less that there are prolific autistic-lead and ally supported organizations out there. This video explores the primary reason for this disparity.
Culture and Politics, or Why a Neurodiversity Paradigm is Left of Centre
2020-04-25
The way society regards autistics is explored through a political analogy where accommodations for autistics are based on the conservative value of assimilation instead of the progressive value of a cultural mosaic.
Butterflies
2020-04-22
Children can be cruel, naturally, and sometimes adults reinforce those messages instead of trying to encourage kindness and collectivism.
For Non-Autistics: How to Survive COVID19 in a World Not Made for Your Neurology
2020-04-21
The same traits that non-autistic people have pathologized in autistics are the ones neurotypicals need to adopt in order to make it through this pandemic while their needs are not being met.
Nickelodeon: It’s Time to Listen
2020-04-19
Nickelodeon promoted Autism Speaks and deleted over 1000 comments from autistic people who asked them to support autistic lead advocacy organizations.