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Autism Acceptance – It Requires Action
It has been a long time since Autistics started saying that Autism Awareness is not enough. It has been a long time since Autistics started saying that Autism Awareness actually hurts us. Nothing much has…
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Autism, Movement, Neurodiversity
I already wrote about how I type, and how hard it can be to make my finger respond to my brain and hit the letter I see in my head. That’s how it works: When…
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Acceptance and Representation
We, Autistic activists and our true allies, talk a lot about Autism Acceptance and how important it is to value our neurology. Acceptance shows that Autistics are respected as we are. I want more than…
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Awesomely Autistic, Awesomely Distinguishable
I have written quite a lot about ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), which I call Autistic Conversion Therapy. The official language of the program is “to make Autistic children indistinguishable from their peers”. Every time I…
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Autistic Conversion Therapy
A couple of weeks ago I saw a newspaper article with the headline: “Obama Calls For End To ‘Conversion’ Therapies For Gay And Transgender Youth”. The President was moved by the suicide of a 17-year…
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Your Autism Awareness Has Failed
It is almost April and it is the time of the year when Autistics have to remind the rest of the world that we are human beings, that we have human feelings. We need to…
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Have Some ABA, or Else…
This was the message from someone who commented on an old article I wrote, about how I don’t like ABA. Not these exact words and this person, “Mary”, could be referring to any therapy. But…
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Still Waiting
I don’t enjoy writing about Autism Speaks. There hasn’t been anything coming from the organization, since it was founded over 10 years ago, that makes me feel good. I write as a way to inform,…
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Walk In My Shoes
Content warning: use of the R-word and murders of disabled people. (Please, read this post: http://timetolisten.blogspot.com/2013/09/here-try-on-some-of-my-shoes.html. What I write here is inspired – not in an inspiration porn way – by K’s post). Every time…
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Stigma
First, I want to say this: I am against gun ownership. I don’t understand the appeal and I think guns should be regulated. I am also realistic and know that most people who own guns…
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What Does Autism Speaks “Call For Unity” Mean?
In very few words: crisis management. But this is an informative post, so I will give the information. Neurotypical writer Steve Silberman just published his extensively researched book on, more specifically autism – Neurotibes. For…
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Sharisa Joy Kochmeister: Give Her Back the Right to Communicate
She is a friend, a kindred soul. We both type to communicate, we both have other disabilities besides autism. Sharisa Joy Kochmeister is only a few years older than me. Recently, she was admitted to…
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