People see addicts in recovery as “a different sort of addict” to those who have not found recovery. This is invalidating and untrue.
Before hitting the walls of systemic biases that exclude neurominorities, before blatant gender discrimination and xenophobic hate, there was a time when diversity was a source of joy. But it’s hard to focus on fun or remember joy and success when you are treated like nothing. When going through adversity, the one thing we often search for is meaning.
Horrifying video of optional Utah training sheds light on why police thought it was an appropriate response to shoot a 13 year old autistic fort having a meltdown in his own home.
“It is a gentle formula for a show, and the primary audience is really pre-school children, but I have to say that as a 42-year-old autistic person with no kids, I find it compelling, entertaining, and validating.”
Substance abuse addiction was like an abusive relationship for David Gray-Hammond, and escaping that relationship was a difficult necessity if he wanted to survive.
Osime has experienced a life of systemic occupational injustices culminating with his now-impending deportation to Jamaica. Learn more about occupational justice.
With a chorus of “I can’t breathe” haunting the nation, the time to ban dangerous prone restraints that cause injury, trauma, and death is now. Call on Illinois State Superintendent Carmen Ayala to act now.
David Gray-Hammond reflects on the challenges of 2020 and how this effects him on Autistic Pride Day.
Catch NeuroClastic live on this year’s Autistic Pride Alliance festival.
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.