Autistic people create analogies to relate, to solve problems, and to relieve stress. It’s related to their identity, neurology, values, and pattern recognition— NOT deficits in theory of mind.
Before assuming an autistic person is being rude in a discussion, think about what that autistic person is having to do to stay in the conversation.
This beautiful and touching article explores grief through an autistic lens and how autistic people experience grief differently.
Stimming is a way of being inside our Autistic bodies. Because our neurology — our brains and nerves throughout our body — is running an
Here’s the “ten things” article about sex you won’t find in the pop psych magazines that serve as sexual literacy for the mainstream.
Many therapists who work with autistic children attempt to control or manipulate how autistic children play, deeming it inappropriate. We disagree and recommend a different approach.
For many people, a late diagnosis of autism is a tremendous relief. Emmanuel was angry.
I can’t tell them it’s all right, but I can be with them. I am still strong, and I will never forget the green, and the wind from the high places. —This is when I am—
She knew she was different, and so did the classmates who bullied her. One woman’s journey to realizing that the clumsiness, the intense interests, the anxiety, and the sensory challenges all led to the fact that she was autistic.
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