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Too Many Autistic Women at Risk: We Need Education, We Need Support

Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 by Marcia Eckerd

While we know that the majority of autistic people experience abuse and sexual assault during their lifetimes, autistic women are particularly vulnerable, and we need more research in this area.

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Wouldn’t You Want to Know If Your Autistic Child Was Being Harmed?

Posted on August 10, 2021June 30, 2022 by Autistic Science Person

I truly do not know why some parents don’t want to listen to autistic adults. There is so much good autism information for parents from autistic adults, and so much of it is freely available, and yet the parents choose not to know. 

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The Meaning of Self-Advocacy

Posted on February 12, 2019January 30, 2023 by Mel Baggs

When people generally said to be incapable of communication find ways of making clear what they do and don’t want through means other than words, this is self-advocacy.

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How ASAN Helped Issy Stapleton Get Justice

Posted on November 4, 2014June 26, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Justice means that when a parent is so antagonistic toward their autistic child that they’re contemplating violence, then something needs to change and it’s not the child—it’s the parent.

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On spiky autistic development: "Autistic people with speech delays or impairments are often underestimated. Applying lessons from evidence on their sensory and motor strengths can support recognition of their intelligence & communication." @drstevenkapp:

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felisroboticus Anne Corwin @felisroboticus ·
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I say this as someone who had official diagnosis & documentation but was often denied accommodations at the whim of professors who just didn’t feel like dealing with disabled student needs.

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felisroboticus Anne Corwin @felisroboticus ·
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My hot take is that everyone should get extended time on exams without any need for medical documentation. If you don’t know the material, no amount of time will improve your performance, and strictly timed exams are nothing like anything in the world outside school.

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clearautism ∞ Clear Autism ∞ @clearautism ·
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The 'believing your kid's autism just appeared spontaneously' to 'realising that family members on both sides have all been neurodivergent for generations' pipeline

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