Understanding What Disability Policy Means, Within Education
How can education and disability policy best serve disabled learners, and also support those learners and their families?
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Let’s Talk About Why My Autistic Son Is Fully Vaccinated
If you have concerns about vaccines and autism, please listen to my story of becoming—but then un-becoming—a passionate anti-vaxxer autism parent.
What Do “Good Enough” Motor Skills Look Like?
Two autistic people could have the exact same motor challenges and each make different decisions about what is “good enough” for them, based on who they are as people and what their individual life circumstances are at the moment.
Black and Late Diagnosed: Talking With Autistic Poet Traci Neal
Since I was late diagnosed with autism, I feel like the people in my life are still adjusting—because now I am being the ‘real’ me, and not the person they thought I was.
How The Progressive Media Sells Out Autistic People
When we trust progressive media outlets as both intellectually rigorous and socially just, their ableism goes unchecked—and so can be far more dangerous than that of their unapologetically prejudiced counterparts.
Our Uniquely Human Perspectives on Autism and Parenting
TPGA editors Carol Greenburg and Shannon Rosa are on the latest episode of Barry Prizant’s and Dave Finch’s Uniquely Human podcast. We discuss our own personal histories, our furious rejection of autism misinformation, and how journalists and outlets can do better by autistic people.
What Do We Mean By Levels of Autism?
I’m not a fan of “levels of autism.” If an autistic individual makes a personal choice to refer to themselves as one of these levels, I can respect their decision. When it’s imposed meaninglessly by others, it’s too often disastrous.
Beyond Masking and Towards Supporting Autistic Authenticity
The ability to express one’s authentic autistic self is much more complicated than an individual choice to unmask. Dr. Amy Pearson explores why this is, and what we can do in order to make the world a safer place for autistic people.
Ten Ways to Honor Autistic People Via Autism Acceptance
Autistic people tend to benefit from acceptance much more than from awareness, as awareness is passive whereas acceptance is a choice. Here are ten ways you can honor Autism Acceptance, and autistic people of all ages.
How Gifted Labels Harm Autistic and Disabled Children
I still see a lot of “gifted” labeling in the school system, along with a conversation that is frustratingly narrow, because gifted labels cause harm—both to the ability of “gifted” disabled children to get support, as well as to those without the gifted labels.