Years before the story broke in the mainstream, a woman details her journey through the dark underworld of abusive bleach “cures” for autistic children.
It is living in awareness of our own cultural immaturity where we begin the walk into the not-yet landscape of neurodiversity understanding.
Being diagnosed with autism when the symptoms are not obvious enough is difficult, especially for people of color.
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
The Neurodiversity Movement is a mutiny, and it’s unapologetic, alive, and kinetic. No more can the autism-as-wretched-waif paradigm survive the cultural landscape of Neurodiversity.
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 autistics were the majority and your child were suspected to be neurotypical? How would the diagnostic process look inside a family?
Dr. Joel Schwartz, PsyD, provides a glimpse into the creative chaos of the ADHD brain as he reflects on society’s treatment of neurodiversity & the ND movement.
The bitter irony of his dressing in black was not lost on me. He smiled a hopeful smile, before walking into the “job interview practice”
Biases regarding autism allow researches to start from the assumption that autistic traits are inherently negative and neurotypical traits are always positive