Worldwide #ShineOnMax Candlelight and Rocks Vigil
Sara W.
July 22, 2022
Details on vigil commemorating the life of Max Benson, and a call for justice in his death by restraint.
Justice
Questions for Glenda Crookes and Nathan Blenkush from Judge Rotenberg Center Regarding Electroshock Torture
NeuroClastic
July 14, 2022
Jeff Newman, autistic social worker and abuse investigator, has questions for executives at Judge Rotenberg Center regarding the use of electroshock punishments used for behavior modification of disabled people.
Education about Autistic culture, the ND paradigm, and the ND movement – for medical professionals, by Autistic people
Jorn Bettin
June 1, 2022
Join Autistic people from all over the world, committed to the de-stigmatisation of Autistic ways of being and other forms of neurodivergence, in support of the development and delivery of education about Autistic culture, the neurodiversity paradigm, and the neurodiversity movement – for medical professionals, by Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people.
Press Release: Judge Rotenberg Center Threatens NeuroClastic with Defamation Suit
NeuroClastic
May 10, 2022
The Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts, threatened NeuroClastic with legal action. View the letter and our response here.
Free PDF download: Thin Slice Judgements and The Different World Autistics Inhabit
Terra Vance
May 5, 2022
Research has shown that instantly, non-autistic people negatively judge autistic people on first sight. This is a free printable resource for you on thin slice judgements.
LONG-READ – Autistic While Black in the UK: Masking, Codeswitching, and Other (Non)fictions
Tré Ventour-Griffiths
April 28, 2022
Academic journalist Tré Ventour chronicles the experience of masking and code switching through the framework of intersectionality. This must-read
perspective needs to become a living staple of collective consciousness.
The Performance of April and Autism Awareness Month
Emmanuel
April 27, 2022
April is essentially a cash grab. April is a soapbox for well-meaning organizations and corporations to bank on us. We’re the inspiration porn, the example to strive for, the burden to be eased that’s big money to them.
The Big Gag: Autism science and autistic heresy
Anantha Krishnamurthy
April 18, 2022
Teen nonspeaker Anantha Krishnamurthy compares the treatment of progressive science during the Renaissance era to modern autism science— and it hits hard.
The Right to Privacy for Nonspeaking Autistics
Nick Barry
March 2, 2022
Nick Barry, a young nonspeaking advocate, writes about how the privacy and autonomy of nonspeakers is often violated by those around them, how it feels, and how to do better.
The Human Rights Case Against Harmful Behaviour Modification for Autistic People
Jorn Bettin
January 29, 2022
This event is part of the Global Disability Summit and also part of the global Ban of Conversion Therapies project, towards comprehensive bans of all forms of conversion therapies (Applied Behaviour Analysis, or ABA, Positive Behaviour Support, or PBS, and various other rebrandings).
