“Of the fighters who were born with their horns and flyers born with wings, they will never be tamed things. Neurodiversity is in their genes.”
Autistic people have been turned into a multi-billion dollar industry despite our ardent protests. The ABA industry leads the charge.
Jorn Bettin, in collaboration with the autistic community, has come up with a communal definition of autism. We ask that you use the comment section below to let us know what ideas you have to improve this definition.
“We have now arrived at the ultimate falsehood of high-functioning autism: what this label really means is that you have high outside functioning. I am excellent at pretending to be someone I am not.”
Often when autistic people, their family members, scientists who research autism, therapists, and anybody for whom autism is a part of their lives are talked
Two autistic voices have risen to prominence in the mainstream media: Greta Thunberg, teen climate change activist, and Kodi Lee, the blind autistic musician and singer who recently won the popular show, America’s Got Talent.
Sue Rubin’s page on Wikipedia was removed due to discrimination and vandalism. In protest, The Aspergian is reposting and editing the pages of nonspeakers.
I believe that those of us with platforms are obliged to share the words of non-speakers and seek their input whenever possible. We can’t do what the “anti-neurodiversity” crowd does; we can’t argue over whose voice is more acceptable.
The alt-right, the “skeptic” men’s rights arm of the atheist community, the genetics lobby, and the ABA lobby formed an alliance. Here’s why:
…Warriors are good at some things, like smashing things with an axe and using all kinds of weapons, and wizards are good at others, like casting spells and knowing a lot about things you may come across. Every class has its own specialties and affinities, and a group needs a diverse set of characters to be able to tackle the challenges ahead. As I playfully filled out character sheets with what I imagined my own stats would be, it made me realize– “I’ve been playing the game of life all wrong.”