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Oh, Brilliant!: the 13th Doctor and Autism
Like most autistic people, Thirteen gets very excited about things that interest her, however small those things may seem to NTs. She loves a laminator.
Read More →Latinx Heritage Month: Being Puerto Rican and Autistic
Hello, I’m Kayla Maria Rodriguez. Happy Latinx Heritage Month my fellow Latinx people! I’m Puerto Rican and I’m autistic. That’s not something you hear everyday. I get why you might not ever hear Puerto Rican…
Read More →The Challenges of an Autistic Artist
Lately, nothing I create seems good enough. Maybe it’s because I’ve been stuck at home with my thoughts for several days, and sometimes my thoughts are not very kind to me. Maybe I need to…
Read More →Dear Neurotypical Psychology Students
You’re a university freshman, or maybe a sophomore. You’re sitting in class—General Psychology, or maybe a different psychology class. The professor is discussing autism. Maybe you don’t know much about autism, apart from what you…
Read More →My Human Value is Inherent to My Existence
This article is not supposed to incite pity, or even anger. I am just hoping a few people will at least try to empathize with the many typists who are dismissed, ignored, attacked, dehumanized, silenced,…
Read More →“Actually, It’s Crooked”: Autism and Precocious Speech
When it was time for cake at my second birthday party, I sat at a table surrounded by smiling grown-ups. One of the grown-ups asked me a question. I don’t remember the question itself, but…
Read More →My Right to Communicate Does Not Depend On Your Bigotry
From time to time typed communication, and people like me who use typing as our chosen method of communication, are attacked and disrespected under the guise of “protecting our human rights”. Actually, the attacks never…
Read More →12 People On What It Felt Like To Discover Autism
After decades of oversight, autistic women, non-binary and transgender people are coming out of the shadows. For years researchers focused their studies on white middle-class boys and blinded the world to the unique ways autism…
Read More →Dear Former Therapist, I Wish You Knew
If you were my therapist when I was seventeen to twenty years old, this letter is for you. In the beginning, I trusted you. I was eager to get help for my anxiety, which had…
Read More →Beyond Awareness: A Rallying Cry for Acceptance and Inclusion
April is a busy month in the Autistic community. What started out many years ago as an awareness campaign led by parents has now turned its focus towards what matters to actually Autistic people. Calling…
Read More →‘Keep The Change’ Is The Movie The Autistic Community Has Long Been Waiting For
Keep the Change is a heartwarming love story between two autistic adults played by no other than autistic actors. The film is cozy and funny without shying away from the reality of being autistic in…
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