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Game-Changing Research in the World of Communication Rights

On: May 19, 2020

Skeptics have long tried to create doubt about the capacity for nonspeaking autistics who use spelling to communicate, but new research using eye tracking software proves agency.

Fresh Starts: After the meltdown

By: TrevorTypes

On: February 26, 2020

In: Autism, Family, Non-speakers

With: 2 Comments

Nonspeaker Trevor on the aftermath of an autistic meltdown: "The moment my consciousness begins to return from wherever it fled during my meltdown, I am horrified with what transpired.

Trevor Types, a blonde teen with a sharp haircut, stands in front of a background with scissors, hair clippers, and a comb. Image resembles a magazine advertisement

Put Down the Scissors

By: TrevorTypes

On: February 11, 2020

In: Autism, Experiences, Non-speakers

With: 4 Comments

After gaining access to communicate his thoughts through typing, one of Trevor's first requests was for a cool haircut. And it was great. But sometimes, Trevor has trouble getting his mind and body to work in sync.

Three clear honey jars of different shades from light to dark.

Label Jars, Not People

By: NeuroClastic

On: December 13, 2019

In: Ableism, Autism, Communication, Functioning labels, Identity, Non-speakers, What is Autism

With: 2 Comments

For most of his life, until he started typing, E was identified as a "low-functioning autistic." These are his thoughts on function labels.

The View from Here — But You Can SPEAK!

By: Ashna and William - Reach Every Voice

On: November 26, 2019

In: Autism, Communication, Identity, Non-speakers

With: 4 Comments

Ashna and William are autistic teens who can speak, but the words that come or are often unreliable. They communicate more accurately by spelling to communicate via the rapid promoting method.

Take Me and My Letterboard Out to the Ballgame

By: NeuroClastic

On: November 7, 2019

In: Autism, Communication, Non-speakers

With: 4 Comments

Trevor, a nonspeaking teen, was worried about attending his first ballgame in a stadium. He was afraid of the noise and sensory overload. Here’s how it went.

Image shows a surrealistic purple sunset with a silhouette of a boy jumping. Text reads: When I was small, I didn't even know that I was a kid with special needs. How did I find out? By other people telling me that I was different from everyone else, and that this was a problem. Naoki Higashida

wikipedia.org Article for Naoki Higashida

By: NeuroClastic

On: October 5, 2019

In: Anti-neurodiversity, Autism

With: 3 Comments

Editor’s Note: Anti-autistic Wikipedia editors have long been vandalizing and rewriting the narrative around autism and neurodiversity, with the most aggressive editing directed at non-speaking autistics.

A card in a person's hand against a blue background. On the card is a poem from Lucy Blackman titled, Voice. The poem read: A triangle in a world of violins, an echo not an original chord, my voice sings for the angels.

Wikipedia.org Article on Lucy Blackman

By: NeuroClastic

On: September 16, 2019

In: Autism, Non-speakers

With: 4 Comments

Anti-autistic editors at Wikipedia have gotten many autistic pages removed from the site because they take issue with the way they learned to communicate. We are republishing the pages in protest.

The Importance of Kindness Towards Autistic People

By: tompruyn

On: August 23, 2019

In: Autism, Bullying and abuse, Communication

With: 1 Comment

Autastic Tom shares a video on his communication and speech differences and the importance of kindness and tolerance for autistic people's unique selves.

The Cage

By: Philip Reyes

On: August 8, 2019

In: Autism, Justice, Non-speakers, Treatments

With: 11 Comments

I am a nonspeaking teen who types to communicate. I learned to communicate this way when I was nine years old. This was the year I learned Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) with Soma Mukhopadhyay, RPM’s creator. My life changed forever the day I met Soma.

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