The autistic community is at risk with the rest of society. This critique of the behavior seen in the community looks at how we can save ourselves.
One man sheds light on a terrifying reality for many autistics– that families commit their autistic children to psychiatric hospitals where they are abused, mistreated, restrained, and secluded.
Mike Wise recalls his time as an autistic student placed in seclusion as a punishment for being impulsive or not getting his work done.
Students with disabilities are often placed in seclusion, further isolated from peers. One sibling would no longer watch it happen to her little brother.
In the autistic community, and in autism-related services, it happens too frequently that autistic people feel the same social exclusion and isolation they do from the rest of the world. This standard for fairness should be automatic for all situations.
When as many as three out of every four autistic and learning-disabled adult in the UK has experienced a hate crime, it’s a luxury that humanity cannot afford to overlook the devastating impact of institutional ignorance and abuse regarding one of society’s most targeted and misunderstood populations.
Autistic Barbie asks what the cost is of filming autistic children’s meltdowns and encourages parents to value their children’s privacy and emotional health.
For the Bracken family, the agencies and institutions in place to protect and help them instead terrorized them.
Comedian, autistic advocate, photographer, and film maker Sophie Lavender gives a Ted Talk about her experience with child abuse and how autism helped her to survive and maintain her sense of individuality– and her sense of humor.
The lessons that autistic children learn on the playground are often different from the ones their peers pick up.