Your Kid Belongs Here: Talking With Autistic Parent and Author Katie Rose Guest Pryal
Pryal’s book Your Kid Belongs Here pushes hard for putting your neurodivergent kids first when other people try to impose unfair neurotypical expectations on them.
Safe Foods
Most people have a version of safe food, even if they don’t name it that way. For me, it is how I make food possible. It is how I make eating possible.
AutINSAR 2026: Highlighting Autistic Priorities in Autism Research
AutINSAR is an online and in-person discussion about autistic priorities in autism research, and is an invaluable resource for autism researchers who want to help autistic people live their best lives.
Double Empathy On Stage: Damian Milton’s INSAR 2026 Keynote
To combat double empathy problem fallout for autistics, we need collaboration. Autistic people themselves need to be setting the agenda.
Autism Training for Police Is Not Enough: On the Death of Alex LaMorie
Autism training for police is not enough. ASAN has been saying this for a very long time. There is very little data to suggest that these trainings improve police interactions with autistic people or reduce violence against our community.
The Particular Autistic Grief of Losing Your Spouse
A particular kind of grief follows me now that I am on a solitary path, a sorrow as spiky as my neurotype.
An Autistic Patient Uprising Is Happening Now
How one autistic mother’s pursuit of truth is part of a broader shift toward patient-led accountability, ethics, and reform.
The State of the Science: On Tokenism in Autism Research
Autism research is a revolving door which Autistic people virtually never get to enter and allistics virtually never bother to exit.
Debunking “Profound Autism” and Anti-Neurodiversity With Ember Green
Ember Green debunks “profound autism” and anti-neurodiversity, with its cherry-picked numbers and fear-mongering, as “This is about the future of autism care, the way we view our disabled community members, and importantly, who gets to speak.”
Responding to Psychologist Uta Frith: Autism Can’t Be Quantified, and That’s OK
Autism will never fit in the disease model, because it is not a disease; it is part of the human condition. That is the beauty of the spectrum concept.