This article explores what gaslighting means and provides scenarios to serve as examples. Part 2 explores how to escape and recover from gaslighting.
Editor’s Note: Heather is non-autistic but a fierce advocate and fellow neurodivergent person. Sophie and Her Bully Before I begin, this blog may be very
Autistic people, adults and children, are infantilized, gaslighted, and manipulated regularly by society– individuals and institutions. Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks
I’ve been doing a video series on YouTube for the past six months called, “Why Autistic People Do That”, and it has been one of
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
Editor’s note: this article contains mentions of domestic abuse and alcoholism. Please read at your own discretion. Every time I cry or even laugh, people
A look at the disturbingly-short life span for autistics and some of the factors which may be behind the bleak numbers.
She knew she was different, and so did the classmates who bullied her. One woman’s journey to realizing that the clumsiness, the intense interests, the anxiety, and the sensory challenges all led to the fact that she was autistic.
One of the most hotly-contended points of division between the adult autistic community and the neurotypical parents of autistic children: explained.
Resignation. “The acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable.”[note]https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/resignation[/note] I believe resignation is the saddest emotion one can experience, and it’s almost as sad to witness