How to Get Your Workforce Excited About Diversity & Inclusion
2020-05-20
Most diversity and inclusion initiatives fail more than 90% of the time. Here is how to implement a successful diversity and inclusion initiative in your workplace.
Disorder, Condition, or Disability: A Look at the Fables of Autism Labels
2020-04-15
Becca Lory Hector from The Neurodiversity Newsstand writes about the diaspora of labels she has tried on since being diagnosed as autistic and the baggage that comes with each.
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Review
2020-04-09
A review of the Netflix documentary, Crip Camp, about the disability rights movement, written from the perspective of an autistic person.
#CoronaVirus: All the Dead are Victims of Ableism
2020-03-29
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has put all of us in a place where we have to face the truth of ableism and placing humanity in a hierarchy.
“Autistic” is Not a Bad Word
2020-02-04
Often, when non-autistic people say the word "autistic," they whisper it as if it's a swear word or something shameful and embarrassing. It's time to stop doing that.
An Open Letter to the Media: On “Severe” Autism and Inspiration Porn
2019-07-21
The media has an obligation to uphold objectivity, fairness, and ethical reporting-- but the coverage of autistic and other disabled folk is rife with inspiration porn.
My Autist Manifesto
2019-06-24
"I have seen the shadow of doubt, and I went out and bought a floodlight with extra batteries."
What Autistic Pride Means to Me
2019-06-18
Today is Autistic Pride Day. It is a day to celebrate and embrace who you are as an autistic person and to be yourself without someone making sure you are acting neurotypical enough to pass as normal. For today, you
In Pursuit of Understanding True Neurodiversity in Our Culture: Called to a Higher Country
2019-06-05
It is living in awareness of our own cultural immaturity where we begin the walk into the not-yet landscape of neurodiversity understanding.