David Chin is an autistic elder who has experienced bullying in multiple contexts over the span of decades. His experience taught him how to advocate effectively against workplace bullying.
David Gray-Hammond links the systemic factors that contribute autistic insomnia to the pervasive fear of death many of us experience.
Autistic people are often highly skilled or have well-developed talents, which causes the world to see them as having high earning potential. But that’s not what happens. Here’s why.
NeuroClastic board member Marcia Eckard has collected information on thousands of opportunities for autistic job seekers. We have the vision, you made the donation, and now we are building our job board with a talented autistic web developer.
An Autistic person looking for job placement services found their way to the Alexandria DARS office where they were called gross, weird, and insulted for their clothing.
Autistic people are often cited as the reason autistics are unemployed or underemployed. This could not be further from the truth.
They mention creating a “coaching process” using artificial intelligence, as if autistic people haven’t been “coached” enough into neurotypicality. Unfortunately, our entire lives are made up of neurotypical “coaching.” We often in fact, receive too much coaching in how to act or generally exist among other people.
Before hitting the walls of systemic biases that exclude neurominorities, before blatant gender discrimination and xenophobic hate, there was a time when diversity was a source of joy. But it’s hard to focus on fun or remember joy and success when you are treated like nothing. When going through adversity, the one thing we often search for is meaning.
It is ironic that the “women’s equality emphasis” could contribute to “hitting the wall” – but not surprising. Single-focus, limited-time “diversity drives” might be well-intentioned, but are often problematic.
Dr. Praslova provides brilliant insight into how to craft the job you have into the job you want as an autistic employee.
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