How Parents Can Identify and Avoid Harmful Autism Treatments
When it comes to autism treatments, parents new to autism need to work past their fear and confusion, and embrace their critical reasoning skills.
Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Talking With Autistic Disability Advocate AJ Link
We live in a country and a society that is built on racism, and the neurodivergent community isn’t free of that racism, isn’t free of the erasing of marginalized experiences.
What Autistic People Want From Autism Research: AutINSAR 2025 Recap
AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people, autism researchers, family members, and professionals about priorities in autism research. AutINSAR 2025 took place at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) in Seattle, Washington.
Renée DiResta on Countering Disinformation, Spammers, and Scammers
I think if you are someone who has deep expertise, particularly in a contested space, your voice can be really valuable. If there’s no counter-speech, no pushback against rumors or misleading claims, all the algorithms have available to surface is the nonsense.
Talking With Autistic Autism Researcher TC Waisman About Being BIPOC and Multiply Disabled
TC Waisman says, “When I show up in a room, I’m Black first. That’s what people see. They don’t see the invisible disabilities right away. This informs not only my worldview, but the kinds of things that I want to work on, and the ways I want to challenge the barriers I’m experiencing.”
Talking with Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai About Autism and Mental Health
We talked with researcher Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai about the overlap of mental health and autism, the evidence-backed tendency of autistic people to be LGBT+, and much more.
Writing While Autistic and Bipolar: Luminous Mind Author Elliot Gavin Keenan
With his book Luminous Mind, Elliot Gavin Keenan wants to uplift all people with neurodevelopmental disabilities—including autism, bipolar, schizophrenia, Tourette’s, OCD, and surely many others.
All Autistic People Have Value, Something RFK Jr. and Profound Autism Parents Refuse to Understand
RFK Jr. has gone full “useless eaters” about autistic people. Seeing autistic people as burdens is straight up eugenics, and yet Profound Autism parents are delighted. Let’s discuss why “profound autism” harms rather than helps autistic people and their families.
When You Have No Choice But ABA Therapy
You may know that ABA is a questionable therapy for autistic kids, one many autism advocates think should be abandoned. But since not every parent can avoid ABA, what can those parents do to protect their kids?
Busting Anti-Vaccine Myths While Supporting Autistic People
We need to be careful about pro-vaccine arguments when autism is involved—because when we say “there is NO evidence linking vaccines to autism” without adding “and fear of autism hurts autistic people,” then we’re actually contributing to negative stereotypes about autistic people.