Comedian, autistic advocate, photographer, and film maker Sophie Lavender gives a Ted Talk about her experience with child abuse and how autism helped her to survive and maintain her sense of individuality– and her sense of humor.
Many barriers exist that keep autistic people from maintaining their health and self care best practices, and this can have catastrophic effects on autistic individuals.
Autistic people are at a high risk of being assaulted by sexual predators. This is one woman’s story and the factors that positioned her to be so vulnerable.
I made my mistakes fully aware there would be a response, and I hoped that response would tell me exactly what was wrong with my communication. It wasn’t you who diagnosed me, it was me who came to you for help without my knowing how to ask you for help.
Mike Wise talks about his experience as being fully autistic but before anyone who was speaking could be diagnosed that way. Bullying was treated as a rite of passage and empowered, even by his teachers.
“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.”
An open letter to ASHA on the upcoming BCS-AAC and BCS-ASD credentials which will force SLPs to be trained in ABA.
This is the second part of a series on gaslighting and bullying. To read the first part, click here. An Interview I did an interview
This article explores what gaslighting means and provides scenarios to serve as examples. Part 2 explores how to escape and recover from gaslighting.
Author Carol Millman reacts to information from a conference she attended, and the shocking truth about ABA is laid bare.