The Window Through Which You Are Staring Is A Mirror
The Symmetry of Communication ‘Deficits’ between Autistic and Non-Autistic People ‘Everyone Knows’ that Autistic people have a ‘deficit’ in social…
Category: Beyond Disability
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.
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.
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.