An Open Letter To The Guardian’s Editor
Executive summary: The Guardian persistently presents a medicalised pathology view of Autism which is inconsistent with the concept of the…
Tag: autism and society
The Candle and The Forest Fire
I was recently attacked while I was at home, at least that’s how it felt to me. The challenging thing…
Spikiness
I have recently had opportunities to have conversations with a wide range of people, from experts in workforce development, to…
Too Big A Question
Communication works better for both of us, and the solution relies on a non-autistic person communicating a little differently, which is easy, rather than an person autistic doing a lot of mental work which is hard.
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.
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.