Poetry: The Nest
Amelia Jane
November 25, 2021
Nonspeaking poet Amelia Jane longs for her voice to be heard. Her winged thoughts perch on the mind and sing of triumph.
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Our Journey with Selective Mutism – Bekki Semenova and Stella
Autism Pride
November 24, 2020
Most people think that we are being stubborn or that we actually get to choose when we are able to talk or not. This is definitely not the case. Selective mutism is not an easy condition to manage.
Nickelodeon Executives Are Too Rich to Care
Emmanuel
May 6, 2020
It is a theme I have noticed too often in governments, political parties, and corporations: that a voice and their suffering only matter to the powerful when the ends justify the means or fit a narrative that suits them.
NeuroClastic, Inc. Autistic Services, Initiatives, and Endorsements
Gee Abraham
May 2, 2020
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Our Movement Needs Mediators, Not Leaders
Michelle Sara
April 29, 2020
It also means that the past year has made it clear to me that what our movement needs is space where everyone, regardless of opinion, is welcome, in which the decisions of the community at large are represented (not just the decisions of autistic people who have leadership positions).
Culture and Politics, or Why a Neurodiversity Paradigm is Left of Centre
Michelle Sara
April 25, 2020
The way society regards autistics is explored through a political analogy where accommodations for autistics are based on the conservative value of assimilation instead of the progressive value of a cultural mosaic.
Autism & Christianity: Part 1
ItinerantMystic
April 22, 2020
Literalism and the extreme amount of rules in religion can make the experience traumatic for autistic children. Parents need to think of their children’s neurotype in how the family approaches faith.
Safe and Inclusive Advocacy in the Autistic Community: Unique Minds and Challenges
Terra Vance
April 21, 2020
Self-advocacy in any marginalized community is the driving force for broader social change. In the autistic community, advocacy has unique challenges.
The Double Standard: On Growing Up Autistic
Chasing The Whale
April 6, 2020
Conversion therapy, aspie supremacy, and diagnosis denial before age ten, and then came the shame and masking. Eventually, there was enlightenment, acceptance, activism, and pride.
Teenage Rebellion: An Autistic Teenager’s Guide to Revenge Through Self Care
ladysnessa
March 13, 2020
When you’re a neurodivergent teen, it becomes harder to accept that the way things are is the way things are supposed to be. You don’t have to accept lies.