For Autism “Awareness” Month this year, I’m bringing “awareness” to some of the amazing parts of autistic life. Part of the glory of the autistic brain is the ability to see beyond the clearly delineated boundaries and margins of NT society. We tend to question […]
This year, for Autism “Awareness” Month, I’m bringing “awareness” to some of the wonderful parts of autistic life. There’s a nasty, pernicious stereotype that paints autistic people as unfeeling robots. Some so-called “experts” still tell parents that their autistic children will never feel or show […]
This year, for “Autism Awareness Month”, I’m raising awareness about some of the wonderful parts of autistic life! Alright, this post starts with a disclaimer: I do NOT speak for all autistic people. Some autistics hate touch, and some eschew romantic relationships or have no […]
This year, for Autism “Awareness” Month, I’ll be bringing “awareness” to some of the great things about being autistic! We all know the struggles and hardships of being autistic. It becomes a general theme every April, and in the world of advocacy, we talk about […]
The story of the Changeling is a pretty universal myth. You’ll find it all over the world, similar tales in disparate cultures. A Changeling is a child stolen – most often by fairies or elves, but in some cultures it’s trolls or other malevolent spirits […]
We talk about “masking” a lot in the Autistic community – the strenuous process of pretending to be neurotypical. There’s a lot of discussion around whether masking is healthy or unhealthy, the toll it takes on our mental health, and whether it’s good, bad, or […]
I want to clear something up today. Lots of people draw distinctions between speaking and non-speaking autistics, as if that matters. And the people who make these distinctions don’t seem to realize that it’s not as simple as “verbal” vs. “non-verbal”. Like so much of […]
Autistic people stim in lots of ways – we jump, rock, use weighted blankets, touch favorite textures, etc. One of my favorite ways to stim is verbally. I like playing with words, with the sounds of them and the feel of them in my mouth, […]
I speak in movie quotes, tv references, and lines out of books and plays. Honestly, it’s one of my biggest obstacles to clear communication because the lines I reference can be kind of obscure, but when I find people who get it, I know we’ll […]
There’s a troublesome stereotype that says autistic children don’t play “correctly”. It’s even considered a diagnostic item in some circles. This is usually meant to say that autistic children will line up their toys instead of playing with them “the right way” – like playing […]
