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Autism

Against Autism Pseudoscience: An Interview with Anne Borden King

Posted on March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We spoke with autistic advocate and autism pseudoscience watchdog Anne Borden King about the continued proliferation of questionable and outright fraudulent “treatments” for autism.

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Autism

Autism Rates Are Now 1 in 36. Here’s Why That Is a Good Thing.

Posted on March 24, 2023March 27, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

The new 1 in 36 autism rate means the CDC is getting better at finding and diagnosing existing autistic children, not that there is actually a higher rate of autism.

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Accommodations

I Embrace My Robot Overlords (and ChatGPT)

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Maxfield Sparrow

One of the positives of ChatGPT’s engaging with me on topics related to neurodiversity, access, activism, and autism is that I am giving GPT a chance to learn an Autistic perspective from an Autistic person.

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Autism

My Experience of Unmasking as an Autistic Person

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Hassaan

Unmasking is something I am coming to terms with, but having an environment within which I can feel safe and be myself helps significantly with that. As things stand, it’s a lifetime of damage that needs reversing.

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auditory processing

The Magic of Noise Canceling Ear Protection

Posted on December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 by Autistic Science Person

Every time I find a new ear protection tool, I am more and more amazed as to how other people can believe that we’re hearing the same thing.

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Advocacy

Grievance-Based Parent Organizations Are Autism’s MAGA Movement

Posted on November 16, 2022November 17, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

If you’re the parent of autistic child or adult, and you are also horrified by the blatant misinformation being peddled and swallowed by MAGA truthers, you should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parents and organizations.

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acceptance

Autism and Ageism

Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 by Maxfield Sparrow

You can listen and understand and believe and respect autistic adults every bit as much as you do those things with autistic children. If you don’t, you’re being ageist.

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Autism

How Non-Autistics Can Be Good Friends to Autistic People

Posted on October 28, 2022November 1, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We talked with several autistic people about how non-autistic people can be good friends to autistic people. This is their advice.

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Autism

Supernova Momma on Positive Parenting While Black and Autistic

Posted on August 30, 2022September 13, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

“I have to be realistic about the community that I am nurturing in, and the community for my children and for the parents that I help, as a Black autistic woman.”

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Autism

Autistic Physical Therapist Iris Warchall on Supporting Autistic Patients

Posted on August 26, 2022August 29, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

I want to help my patients discover what strategies they as individuals can use in order to accomplish what they want and need to do, and I think I’m more likely to be open to supporting my patients in using “atypical” strategies. I’m less likely to suggest goals that are trying to fit a patient to a “reference norm”.

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