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Promotional photo from the movie Ezra. Robert DeNiro and William A. Fitzgerald, a young white actor with shaggy brown hair and glasses, are playing at holding their fists up at each other. Actor Bobby Cannavale, a white man with curly black hair, looks on from the background with unease.
Autism

Ezra: Is Hollywood Getting Better at Autistic Representation?

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Anne Borden King

The new movie Ezra shows that when autistic people are creatively involved in telling autistic stories, it strengthens not only representation, but the very quality of a film itself.

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Accessibility

On Being Overwhelmed By Grocery Shopping While Autistic

Posted on August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 by Ann Memmott

Autistic brains can be in danger of overload while grocery shopping. When that happens autistics needs a quiet space—fast. But there are usually none in big stores.

Three smiling actors from the Australian TV show reboot Heartbreak High. On the left is James Majoos, a biracial person with short curly black hair, wearing a white ringer t-shirt. In the center is Ayesha Mason, a South Asian woman with long black hair wearing a pink suit. On the right is Chloe Hayden, a white woman with red hair in a long shag haircut, wearing a sheer white top with white hearts, and a blue plaid bottom.
Autism

Heartbreak High: A Stunning Depiction of Being Autistic

Posted on July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 by Sarah Kapit

Even though the Netflix series Heartbreak High looks like purely soapy fun, Sarah Kapit says it has “the best on-screen depiction of being autistic that I’ve ever seen.”

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Autistic

Authentic Autistic Hilarity: Hannah Gadsby in Something Special

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Autistic Science Person

Hannah Gadsby’s rightful success gives me hope that we’ll be seeing more (openly) autistic people out there in the world, and with that, hopefully, there will be more understanding from the allistic people around us.

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Autism

On Writing Neurodivergent Characters

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Meg Eden Kuyatt

I had poured so much of myself into my protagonist. When my agent called my character childish, naive, and vulnerable, I couldn’t help but feel she was calling me childish, naive, and vulnerable.

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Autistic

Autistic, Black, and Thriving: A Conversation With Gyasi Burks-Abbott

Posted on April 15, 2023April 20, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We spoke with writer, public speaker, and autism self-advocate Gyasi Burks-Abbott about growing up Black and autistic in a much less autism-aware era, and how he was able to thrive thanks to the guidance of his intuitive and supportive mother.

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Autistic

Self-Advocacy Lessons From An Autistic Breast Cancer Survivor

Posted on March 1, 2023March 8, 2023 by Christine Jenkins

Learning to advocate for myself, after learning late in life I was autistic, has given me the strength, self-awareness, and tools to stand up for myself after I was suddenly deposited back on the breast cancer treadmill.

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Autistic

We Need to Talk About Aspie Supremacists

Posted on February 28, 2023March 1, 2023 by Fergus Murray

Over-valuing certain abilities means looking down on people who don’t share them. Aspie supremacy is the ideology that follows from taking this to an extreme: ‘aspies’ have extraordinary powers which not only make their existence worthwhile, but make them better than other people.

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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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Autistic

Trauma Clashes: Staying Calm When Someone is Melting Down

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Maxfield Sparrow

When you look up what Autistic people have said about how to help us through meltdowns, the most foundational piece of advice you will see again and again is to remain calm. But what about when you can’t remain calm? What about when that Autistic person’s meltdown is triggering your own trauma response?

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Stephen King's Holly is "a fully realized human being in ways that neurodivergent fictional characters seldom are. […] She knows her own value and has a robust network of friends and partners." @BudrykZack review @washingtonpost, non-paywalled article.

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If I say "huh" or "what" to a question, just wait like 2 seconds and then I'll know what it means and give an answer. Don't get offended or accuse me of not listening. 🥺

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falskywolf Myr. Falco SkyWolf- He/Xey, Punhound Philosoraptor @falskywolf ·
23 Sep

(Example: Cleaning. If you say "clean the kitchen," some might think "dishes, counters, floor." We might go "dishes, pantry, fridge, counters, stove, those splats on the wall from spaghetti sauce, then floor." Sometimes we get stuck with task inertia and perfectionism.)

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23 Sep

And sometimes we find more ASPECTS to a task that need to be done in order for a task to be Actually Complete. You might think we're getting sidetracked by the details, we consider those details important enough that the task is not done until we take care of them.

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