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Autistic Women: Misdiagnosis and the Importance of Getting it Right
If you’re autistic, there’s a good chance you have also been given at least one of the following diagnoses: generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), ADD/ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorder, major…
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To Autism Speaks, from the “Woman of Color”
When I was 12, I was put on my class debate team. One of the first concepts we were taught about was the difference between debate or any manner of constructive dialog and a shouting…
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To The Corporate Supporters of Autism Speaks
I am convinced you donate money to this organization because you believe you are helping autistic people and their families. You have been lied to. Only 4% of your contribution goes to services for the…
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Understanding the Gender Gap: Autistic Women and Girls
It’s common to hear that autism presents atypically in women and girls. This isn’t surprising, since the original models for autism and Asperger’s syndrome (AS) were largely based on studies of boys. Leo Kanner, the…
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Non-speaking Autistic Activist Responds to Suzanne Wright of Autism Speaks
She starts the article by asking what we would do if three million children went missing or felt gravelly ill; she says we would use every national resource. She also says that: “we’ve for the…
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AWN Squares Off with Autism Speaks Over National Autism Plan
On Wednesday, the Autism Women’s Network (AWN) condemned Autism Speaks’, Suzanne Wright, and all entities involved in the publication of “Autism Speaks to Washington- A Call for Action” and its hostile and dishonest portrayal of…
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Autistics Are Speaking
* Autistics are speaking because we know it is our right. * Autistics are speaking because the silencing of autistic voices needs to end. * Autistics are speaking because it is time for non-autistics to listen. * Autistics…
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My Uncooperative Body
Stubborn. Not very reliable. Hard to manage. This is my body. Sometimes it feels like I don’t have any control over it. Sometimes my body acts like a rebellious child who knows what it is…
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Diagnosis Barriers for Autistic Women and Girls
Boys are five times more likely to be diagnosed on the autism spectrum than girls. It’s easy to look at that statistic and assume that autism is more prevalent in males. But what if it’s…
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The Onus of Acceptance
I recently got an email pitch from a company with a social skills product that claimed the product, “will enable [children with special needs] to be accepted by their peers throughout all aspects of their…
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Autism Women’s Network Community Guidelines
As a courtesy to anyone new to Autism Women’s Network, we want to share a reminder that we are an intentional community and we will always provide Autistic-Safe-Space before all else. This means that AWN…
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Listening to Autistic Adults (Part II)
In Part 1 I wrote about how some parents are coming to us, autistic adults, to ask for our insight, trying to better understand their autistic children. These parents are on their journey toward autism acceptance, learning…
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