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Too Many Autistic Women at Risk: We Need Education, We Need Support

Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 by Marcia Eckerd

While we know that the majority of autistic people experience abuse and sexual assault during their lifetimes, autistic women are particularly vulnerable, and we need more research in this area.

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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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thinkingautism thinkingautism.bsky.social @thinkingautism ·
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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