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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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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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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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adult diagnosis

Adult Misdiagnosis: The Default Path to an Autistic Identity

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Autistic Science Person

This post is about the hundreds and thousands of autistic people who are misdiagnosed everyday by psychiatrists, psychologists, and other professionals.

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ableism

A True Story About Autistic Suicidality

Posted on September 30, 2022October 3, 2022 by Sarah Owocki

My brother died because of ableism. Because people—including very close family—were terrified to face his neurodivergence, and his disability.

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Autistic

Stim4Stim: An Autism Podcast You Should Follow

Posted on July 12, 2022July 16, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

“It’s really important to us that we be a resource for autistic and neurodivergent people directly in a market that’s so inundated with parent-focused resources.”

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Autistic

Talking with Asian American autistic autism researcher Jenny Mai Phan

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Jenny Mai Phan is an Asian American autistic autism researcher, an Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) member, and the mother of four children, two of whom are autistic.

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Autism

“Real Autism” Advice From A Real Autistic Professional

Posted on July 4, 2022July 5, 2022 by Ann Memmott

Too often, people cause the “behaviour” that they blame on “real autism.” And it’s often their own approaches that need changing.

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