As long as life is framed as a competitive social game failure is guaranteed – because then the suffering of others is simply another great busyness opportunity. A few weeks ago the authors of this article had the wonderful opportunity to hear from from a neurodivergent community in Iceland. We agreed to look for ways of ongoing collaboration.
Terra Vance walks readers through an event that her child experienced differently from other children– from the margins, like a failed audition in being human that illuminates the heartbreaking inevitability of masking and exclusion.
Free printable resource to help you connect to your Core Self and begin to separate your identity from your masks.
Being forced to mask as a matter of existence pushes people into codependency and rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) and causes them a lifetime of trauma.
This is a NeuroInclusive story for all ages about how Autistic brains work with free printable PDF. Great for teachers share with students!
Calling autism a “hidden disability” is oversimplifying the facts and lived experience of autistic people whose disability is often seen but misinterpreted.
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
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.
April is for affirmation, inclusion, empowerment, and accomodation! Center Autistic voices. Unlearn ableist concepts. Actively dismantle ableist and neurobigoted structures and systems. Seek out advocates,
Emmanuel Abua remarks on the growing number of businesses hiring autistic people. He makes the case that this is not the victory we need.
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