Autistic Collaboration for Life
Jorn Bettin
October 8, 2019
Jorn Bettin maps out the differences between the autistic community and broader society’s social hierarchies.
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Autism and Pica
leonardoyeates
September 19, 2019
Autism is misunderstood, as is pica. It takes a long time for some of it to be diagnosed, in my case forty-eight years for autism.
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.
It’s All Right to Cry…
AspienBlue
August 20, 2019
Even when it’s the truth, even when you expect it, even when you long to have the validation of an autistic diagnosis for your child, the tears will still come.
Life Skills Aren’t What You Think: What Research Says About Raising Autistic Kids
C.L. Lynch
July 8, 2019
Parents of autistic children are often led to believe that toileting, doing well in grocery stores, and compliance are what predict success for autistic adults, but here’s what research has to say.
Father, Interrupted…
Eitan Rosa
July 4, 2019
A man takes stock of what it means to be an autistic father and reflects that his own father, too, might have been on the spectrum.
The Failings of the Mental Health System for Autistic Women
differentnotdeficient
June 23, 2019
Women are often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and it has potentially-fatal consequences for autistic adults who are told that they have a cluster of mental illnesses instead of a neurological condition.
Life after autism diagnosis – what next?
Yo Samdy Sam
June 14, 2019
The five months since I was “officially” diagnosed with autism have been a whirlwind of discovery, namely finding other autistic women like me, and finding
“Your Child May be Neurotypical:” A Journey to Diagnosis
shannonlyonsfrood
May 20, 2019
What if autistics were the majority and your child were suspected to be neurotypical? How would the diagnostic process look inside a family?
Autism: The [Self] Diagnosis Debate
Callie
April 9, 2019
On why self-diagnosis is good and you should do it, actually. (Part 1 of 2)