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.
Category: Autistic Life
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.