Mistreatment and multi-agency failure: The story of the Bracken Family
2019-12-28
For the Bracken family, the agencies and institutions in place to protect and help them instead terrorized them.
Autism Speaks : The Time Is Now To Help Clean Up Your Mess
2019-12-21
Autism Speaks, help clean up your mess! The time is now to demand that Autism Speaks show repentance and pay reparations for the outbreaks and deaths from formerly-eradicated diseases such as measles, pertussis, mumps, and polio.
#ShineOnMax Becomes an International Call to End Ableism and Humanize Autistic People in the Media
2019-11-19
#ShineOnMax becomes an international call to see autistic people as fully human and value their lives.
The Failings of the Mental Health System for Autistic Women
2019-06-23
Women are often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and it has potentially-fatal consequences for autistic adults who are told that they have a cluster of mental illnesses instead of a neurological condition.
Building Bridges to Nowhere: On Workplace Best Practices for Keeping Autistic Persons Terminally Jobless
2019-05-15
The bitter irony of his dressing in black was not lost on me. He smiled a hopeful smile, before walking into the “job interview practice” hosted by a local Autism Organization.
As I watched him go, I felt a wave of deep frustration, suppressed my
Bias in Autism Research and The Neurotypical Advantage
2019-05-14
Biases regarding autism allow researches to start from the assumption that autistic traits are inherently negative and neurotypical traits are always positive
Mental Health Carnage: the Relentless Misunderstanding of Autistic Persons
2019-05-07
The chilled air in the place seemed filled with unease. Clean, sterile, with “handlers” at every carefully-monitored corner of the place. Doors locking in neat rhythm as any cries of the patients behind them went unheard by the visitors.
The
URGENT Call to Action: #StopTheShock This April 24th!!
2019-04-17
What if I told you that there was a far off land where #actuallyautistic people were forced to wear electrodes? Where painful electric shocks were administered to anyone who dared to be themselves, engaging in such behaviors as flapping their arms or
What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and Employers
2019-01-02
Employers unwittingly stifle the talent and capacity of their neurodiverse employees.
What’s in a Word: Asperger’s and the APA
2018-12-30
Few words in behavioral science come with more controversy and contention than Asperger’s.
This series focuses on the word, Asperger’s, and the many antagonists to the word, the diagnosis, and/or the autistic people who would have previously been