Autistic Communication Is a Feature, not a Bug
Don’t think of inclusion as helping us get by in the structures built by and for ‘not us,’ rather think of how you can help us change the structure so that it is ours as much as it is yours.
Category: Autistic Life
Autism Awareness/Acceptance Day 2021: Myths Debunked and Futures Envisioned
While I think most people have at least heard of autism, and many of us have autistic people in our lives, there are still a lot of gaps in people’s knowledge about autism.
Slaying Dragons
Misadventure The small band of adventurers are embroiled in combat. One of the monsters they are battling almost flies up…
The Autism Spectrum is N-Dimensional
The idea that neurotypical and autistic might be different regions of the same spectrum seems sensible. The presumption that all members of either group maintain a position of inferiority or superiority relative to all members of the other group is deeply wrong and encourages anti-autistic biases.
Necessary But Not Sufficient
If we really want to claim that our societies value diversity and inclusion we must expand beyond the disability model, and hold everyone to a standard of not just removing the barriers caused by difference, but of actively valuing the ways in which difference is a strength.
Be Still My Beating Heart
Then it happened. My heart rate suddenly jumped from 160 beats per minute to over 180. My max heart rate is in the low- to mid-180s. I almost never manage to push it this high even in my toughest workouts.
Quick Take on COVID-19, UK Policy, and Autism
The UK Government has far from covered itself in glory in its response to the COVID-19 crisis.