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Scene from Tré Wilson's film Normalcy. Wilson, a Black man with short natural hair, is seen against a navy blue background leaning his head against his steepled hands. A caption at the bottom of the screen reads, "I was mentally and physically exhausted from sensory overload…"
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Filmmaker Tré Wilson’s Pandemic Respite From Autistic Masking

Posted on April 24, 2022November 21, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

I guess there’s not many spaces where I feel safe to be myself without great repercussions. If I’m not dealing with racism, it’s homophobia, and if I’m not dealing with that it’s ableism.

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Autism in Kenya: An Autistic Advocate’s Perspective

Posted on August 27, 2021November 18, 2022 by M. Kelter

We need to highlight the plight of autistic people in Kenya, especially in rural areas where many autistic people are kept hidden and abused. It helps for information about autism in Kenya to appear in blogs and videos.

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Autistic Joy as An Act of Resistance

Posted on October 25, 2019November 9, 2022 by Jennifer White-Johnson

How is joy usually characterized? The absence of sadness? Unbridled gladness and glee? That is Knox, every. single. day.

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thinkingautism thinkingautism.bsky.social @thinkingautism ·
9 Dec

People having mental health crises deserve a "rights-respecting and community-based alternative to over-medicalized and police-led responses" that include informed consent. @hrw describes a Toronto-based case study on how such models can work.

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9 Dec

Research shows that people with ID thrive if empowered to live their best lives, & that "Intellectual disability severity only had a negative relationship with QoL total level when not considered simultaneously with self-determination." (Paywall, sadly.)

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9 Dec

Research shows that people with ID thrive if empowered to live their best lives, & that "Intellectual disability severity only had a negative relationship with QoL total level when not considered simultaneously with self-determination." (Paywall, sadly.)

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commonsenseslt lisa chapman @commonsenseslt ·
9 Dec

"One of the most important things autistic people can offer parents is interpretation skills. Interpreting our culture/way of communicating. Preventing misunderstandings. Helping families to learn one another’s languages of love & caring" @thinkingautism

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