One mother’s heartbreaking account of surviving domestic violence and sexual assault, custody battles with the perpetrator, court-ordered ABA therapy, and finding the spirit to keep fighting.
I had absolutely no idea how much I hated myself (or even what internalized ableism was) until I was in my mid-thirties and had a complete nervous breakdown.
Years before the story broke in the mainstream, a woman details her journey through the dark underworld of abusive bleach “cures” for autistic children.
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
One of the most hotly-contended points of division between the adult autistic community and the neurotypical parents of autistic children: explained.
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