Teen advocate J. Taylor looks at the rapid rise of autistic representation in the mainstream and predicts that autistics will see a boon in representation in the near future.
My family is aware of my autism. It doesn’t mean that they accept it.
I was aware of my autism. It didn’t mean that I accepted it.
Society is aware of autism. It doesn’t equal acceptance in society.
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…the controversy around puzzle pieces better, and learn more about ideas like ableism, infantilization, and cure rhetoric that harms autistic people. When engaging with autistic people in discussions about these…
This poem from InsideAMirrorMaze makes an appeal for acceptance over compliance in the most artful of language.
I’ll only flourish in an environment that lets me be authentic, so I need to channel my grandmother and keep her influence around me. It’s not about being better. It’s about maximizing my unique, clumsy effort.
Autistic artist and writer, Ra Vashtar, shares “Crossed Wire’s Song,” a poem about being different, accompanied by “mind not to scale.” an art piece exploring the experience of a mind that feels too big.
For Emmanuel, late diagnosis didn’t provide the validating relief that it did for many people, and the journey to acceptance was not a straight path.
For many people, a late diagnosis of autism is a tremendous relief. Emmanuel was angry.
Grasping the unique relationship between autistic people and their genders is an essential component of understanding the autistic experience.
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