Sahit Bhagavatula is a 14-year-old nonspeaking autistic who won a writing contest with this essay and his reflections on the covid-19 pandemic.
For one healthcare worker sidelined during the COVID-19 crisis, she found herself removing another kind of mask while being out of work.
The same traits that non-autistic people have pathologized in autistics are the ones neurotypicals need to adopt in order to make it through this pandemic while their needs are not being met.
Neurodivergent children deal with a lot of anxiety. In times of rationing, this book is to help children understand some resources never run out.
Predictions about the state of the next few months, with a common-sense guide to organizing and being responsible in the era of the covid-19 global pandemic.
Autistic people are no strangers to feelings of unrest, uncertainty, and emotional overwhelm. Now that the neurotypical coping mechanisms are inaccessible to them, our behaviors are similar.
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