Autistic people are often highly skilled or have well-developed talents, which causes the world to see them as having high earning potential. But that’s not what happens. Here’s why.
Tejas Rao Sankar, a nonspeaking autistic, attempted to board a flight, but his body did not want to cooperate with his mind.
Due to the implications and the mental labor required to mask ourselves and mirror your demands, our existence is incompatible with all forms of you that attempt to control our autistic neurotype.
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When experts say your Autistic child has low IQ and obstacles to learning, but they are curious and intelligent, ignore that number. It doesn’t define them.
In an informal social experiment, I spotted autistic people and non-autistic people the same four images of faces. Their reactions were similar for two people and dramatically different for two. Here’s how.
He had absurd levels of ridiculous, reckless optimism. He always looked to the future. He was sensitive, kind and thoughtful in ways most people aren’t observant enough to be.
Parents of autistic children know that the ignorance about autistic behavior and what autism means can be a death sentence for their autistic children. That’s what happened to Matthew Rushin.
The most frequently-used screening measurement for autistic adults is the Autism Spectrum Quotient, or the AQ. But can it be reliable?
This is the first article in a series in which autistic people break down and analyze the questions on the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ).
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