How To Bond With Your Autistic Child Through Your Special Interests
Terra Vance
August 3, 2022
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
Resources for Employers
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.
April Is…
AdamAuron Lodestone
April 1, 2022
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,
Underemployment > Unemployment
Emmanuel
September 28, 2021
Emmanuel Abua remarks on the growing number of businesses hiring autistic people. He makes the case that this is not the victory we need.
An Unwanted Hill to Climb: The Challenges Autistic Adults Face in Social and Occupational Settings
Life Guides for Autistics | NeuroGuides™
October 10, 2020
Autistic people are often cited as the reason autistics are unemployed or underemployed. This could not be further from the truth.
Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 4
ludmilapraslovaphd
September 21, 2020
Before hitting the walls of systemic biases that exclude neurominorities, before blatant gender discrimination and xenophobic hate, there was a time when diversity was a source of joy. But it’s hard to focus on fun or remember joy and success when you are treated like nothing. When going through adversity, the one thing we often search for is meaning.
Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 3
ludmilapraslovaphd
August 27, 2020
It is ironic that the “women’s equality emphasis” could contribute to “hitting the wall” – but not surprising. Single-focus, limited-time “diversity drives” might be well-intentioned, but are often problematic.
Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 2
ludmilapraslovaphd
August 6, 2020
What do the Ugly Duckling, the Princess on the Pea, and the Little Child who announced that the Emperor has no clothes have in common? Not only are they all characters in Hans Christian Andersen tales, but it’s also been suggested that through his characters the author projected different facets of his own and others’ autistic experiences.
Thriving at Work While Autistic, Introverted, Shy, and Otherwise Different: Part 1
ludmilapraslovaphd
July 17, 2020
Dr. Praslova provides brilliant insight into how to craft the job you have into the job you want as an autistic employee.
How to Get Your Workforce Excited About Diversity & Inclusion
Terra Vance
May 20, 2020
Most diversity and inclusion initiatives fail more than 90% of the time. Here is how to implement a successful diversity and inclusion initiative in your workplace.
