Majestic Smokey Mountains
Rishi Jena
August 8, 2022
A mighty poem about the majesty of an ancient mountain range by Nonspeaking poet Rishi Jena.
communication
How To Bond With Your Autistic Child Through Your Special Interests
Terra Vance
August 3, 2022
Parents often feel like they’ve got to lose themselves to bond with their Autistic child. The opposite is true, though.
Questions for Glenda Crookes and Nathan Blenkush from Judge Rotenberg Center Regarding Electroshock Torture
NeuroClastic
July 14, 2022
Jeff Newman, autistic social worker and abuse investigator, has questions for executives at Judge Rotenberg Center regarding the use of electroshock punishments used for behavior modification of disabled people.
LONG-READ – Autistic While Black in the UK: Masking, Codeswitching, and Other (Non)fictions
Tré Ventour-Griffiths
April 28, 2022
Academic journalist Tré Ventour chronicles the experience of masking and code switching through the framework of intersectionality. This must-read
perspective needs to become a living staple of collective consciousness.
The Big Gag: Autism science and autistic heresy
Anantha Krishnamurthy
April 18, 2022
Teen nonspeaker Anantha Krishnamurthy compares the treatment of progressive science during the Renaissance era to modern autism science— and it hits hard.
An Open Letter to Autistic High Schoolers
Troi Irons
February 27, 2022
“How did they consider us close friends if we’d never had a real conversation? If we hadn’t people watched? If we hadn’t gone on a walk in the green, secluded forest that I believe belongs to me (it’s actually a public park)?”
Poetry: Love, by Ben Breaux
benbreaux
February 15, 2022
Nonspeaking advocate and writer Ben Breaux explores the Truth about Love in its purest form.
Dear Caribbean Autistic Teen,
Marlyn Suárez
February 15, 2022
“Our desire to stim? We use Soca, Bachata, Dancehall, and Salsa as a cover, allowing the rhythm to put out the fire we have in our brains. And thanks to our Caribbean cousins and siblings, we learn how to be style icons.”
Autistic Listening: you cannot tell if I am paying attention
SiennaWrites
February 12, 2022
“If I am trying to make eye contact, words go out the window. They make no sense. Ditto if there’s a lot of background noise, or if I’m busily trying to type out a response on my AAC.”
When a Non-Autistic Child Is Raised by Autistic Parents, Their Experiences Are Similar to Autistics Raised by Non-Autistics
Terra Vance
February 10, 2022
After presenting at a conference, Terra Vance was shuffled between small groups of audience members. In one group, a woman was angry Vance had not included information about how hard it is for non-autistics to have autistic parents.