Autism Speaks, help clean up your mess! The time is now to demand that Autism Speaks show repentance and pay reparations for the outbreaks and deaths from formerly-eradicated diseases such as measles, pertussis, mumps, and polio.
The lessons that autistic children learn on the playground are often different from the ones their peers pick up.
Autistic people are at a high risk of being assaulted by sexual predators. This is one woman’s story and the factors that positioned her to be so vulnerable.
On Sunday, November 17, 2019, people around the world lit candles in honor and remembrance of Max Benson. The local vigil was powerful, but worldwide,
#ShineOnMax is the autistic community’s way of ensuring that the memory and Light of Max Benson stays ablaze for positive change in an unwelcoming world.
Who can change the tesseract that engulfs us towards doom? Who has all the answers, who can say what life means? Worst of all, how do you know?
Travis almost didn’t notice the warm hand that was gently massaging his shoulder.
I don’t know why my mind races. As I sit here, uncomfortable because my stomach is in knots, and my thoughts won’t shut down. All
Jorn Bettin, in collaboration with the autistic community, has come up with a communal definition of autism. We ask that you use the comment section below to let us know what ideas you have to improve this definition.
Jorn Bettin maps out the differences between the autistic community and broader society’s social hierarchies.
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