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* 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…

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…

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…

When I was little, diagnosed autistic, my parents were told to find a nice place to send me and go have a life because there was no hope for anything resembling happiness with someone like…

My friend once said that she was so happy we live in this era of technology and social media. What she meant is that I can type my thoughts, post them online to convey a…

I have been thinking about writing this post for a while but I always stopped myself. The main reason is that I wanted to be gentle with my words, even though it hurts to write.…

I blog regularly for two websites and anyone can find my mini biography on those sites. Until recently, my bio said “Autistic self-advocate”. I changed that to the more comprehensive “Autistic Activist”. First, I am…

“We are all equally distant from the sun, but we all have a share in it.” -Thornton Wilder  I heard this quote and the first thing that came to my mind was “neurodiversity”. The second…

Autism Autistic Awesome Autism is awesome. AUSOME Positive thinking Positive actions Positively Autistic. We laugh and we cry. We pause. The words and ideas We create We protest We come together We think about change.…

It is my turn to talk about identity. I want to write about it because I know who I am and I am the one who decides how I identify myself. And I am Autistic.…

I want to say that I speak for myself concerning my neurology and how I communicate. I want to say that if you want to show the benefits of AAC, you should ask AAC users…

I watched a video about AAC changing lives of non-speaking Autistics. It sounded great and the title – I Want to Say – seemed to indicate that our voices, the voices of Autistics who type…