Poetry: Creators of a New World Order
vormaen
September 8, 2019
“Take what is yours, give everything back. Become who you were always destined to be.”
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Your Disability is a Tragedy vs Your Disability is your Superpower
September 7, 2019
How people talk about disability matters. Is it a superpower? Can disabled people do anything? Is it a tragedy?
How “The Golden Rule” Harms Autistic People
Autistic Science Person
September 7, 2019
Miscommunication and misinterpretation of autistic people happens very early in life. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Or in modern
I’m Autistic: How I Listened to One Song for 20 Years Before I Knew Why
Gee Abraham
September 7, 2019
When DuplexStructure heard the song “Otherside” in 2000, it resonated with her. It took her twenty years of listening to the song to know why.
Dear Screenwriters and Fiction Writers: “Autistic” Is Not a Bad Word
theautisticdebater
September 1, 2019
Autistic characters can be found in fiction– in print, television, and in movies– but their autism is not owned and accepted.
Today I Cried: On the Rejection of Labels
Eitan Rosa
August 30, 2019
On the Folly of Aversion to Labels Today… I cried! It was early morning. I had sat down for a few minutes, trying to relax
Poetry: The Relativity of Necessity
stinkyzen
August 29, 2019
What are we really saying when we say, “Oh well,” “nevermind,” “I can do without it,” or “forget I ever mentioned it. A poetic exploration.
“My Autism” is Bigger than a Cure
blackigwe
August 28, 2019
With poetic prose, Black Igwe’s first piece with The Aspergian examines the interplay between “being autistic” in a world that regards you as “having autism.”
What is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)?
differentnotdeficient
August 27, 2019
PDA, or pathological demand avoidance, is a trending topic in neurodiversity. This article explores what is known about it and the debates surrounding PDA.
My Mother Never Told Me: On surviving a lifetime of abuse not knowing I was autistic
AFeralWolfChild
August 24, 2019
When Andrew tried to tell his estranged mother about being diagnosed as autistic at age 25, he learned a devastating truth.