Ember Green debunks “profound autism” and anti-neurodiversity, with its cherry-picked numbers and fear-mongering, as “This is about the future of autism care, the way we view our disabled community members, and importantly, who gets to speak.”
Autism will never fit in the disease model, because it is not a disease; it is part of the human condition. That is the beauty of the spectrum concept.
When done well, differential diagnosis can counteract rather than reproduce the power imbalances that have historically led to marginalizing neurodivergent people.
Here are just seven of my childhood traits and behaviors that I now understand were great big clues that I was autistic — and that might lead to an early diagnosis if I were growing up today
The Telepathy Tapes podcast, and its premise of non-speaking autistics not only reading minds but bringing the world messages of love and peace, is a hot, complicated mess—but not for the reasons you may think.
Autistic people often process information differently, and grief is no exception. Here are tips for navigating grief as an autistic person.
Any of you who knew Steve, any of you who met him, know he was a well of bottomless compassion. I still can’t believe he’s gone. And I’m so sorry.
Parenting a neurodivergent child while carrying my own trauma means living in constant tension between tenderness and fear, love, and self-protection.
While the small cruel moments can make an autistic person feel awful, the small kind moments can help that autistic person persevere.
When parents of newly identified autistic kids ask me what they should know, the first thing I say is: “We get tired.” This is so important. We need rest, more frequently and in greater durations than non-autistic people.
