The Double Standard: On Growing Up Autistic
2020-04-06
Conversion therapy, aspie supremacy, and diagnosis denial before age ten, and then came the shame and masking. Eventually, there was enlightenment, acceptance, activism, and pride.
Acceptance versus Awareness: a brief commentary on the great debate
2020-03-21
David Gray-Hammond explores the difference between awareness and acceptance, and how social perception affects autistic people in advance of April.
Autistic analysis of COVID-19
2020-03-20
We are starting to experiment with ways to reduce interactions to human scale and are starting to learn. We may even learn that there are many different ways to contain the virus, but a focus on human scale and a bias against super-human scale busyness will be the common thread through all these approaches.
Infighting in the Autistic Community: a case for unity.
2020-03-20
Russell James takes a hard look at the fighting with in the autistic community, calling for a truce and solidarity between people who have the same goals.
Coming Out to Family and Friends as Autistic
2020-03-14
In this article, Jude Clee takes a brief look at the difficulties that autistic people face when opening up about being autistic and shares some of her experiences.
Are you a #NeuroLurker?
2020-03-03
Have you felt your whole life that you were different from the people around you? Are you diagnosed with ADHD or mental illness, but feel those diagnoses left unanswered questions? Do you think you have more in common with your autistic child than with most people? You might be a #NeuroLurker.
“Autistic” is Not a Bad Word
2020-02-04
Often, when non-autistic people say the word “autistic,” they whisper it as if it’s a swear word or something shameful and embarrassing. It’s time to stop doing that.
Bullying, In-Fighting, and Abuse in the Autistic Community: A Call for Healing
2020-01-30
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.
Tying Down a Duty to Protections for Fairness
2020-01-19
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.
Just because you can’t see our autism, doesn’t mean we don’t have challenges
2019-12-31
It is important to remember that autism is autism… Autism is how our brain functions and that way should be respected.