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The singer Sia, a white woman, singing into a microphone. She is wearing a dived black and blond long bobbed wig that obscures her face. She has an enormous white satiny bow on her head and is wearing a top made of the same material.
Autism

Now That We Know Sia Is Autistic

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Anonymous

When autistic people aren’t centered in things about us, it creates an ecosystem where an autistic person like Sia who does not understand herself as autistic creates a film like “Music.”

Cover of the novel The Cassandra Complex. Background is pastel color blocks, in the center is a white person with a blond bob, reading a book while seated inside a round clock face. Text above the title reads: “One woman. One bad day. Endless chances to put it right.” Then, the title ”The Cassandra Complex” in white block letters. Underneath, in black text, is the author’s name, “Holly Smale”.
Autism

The Cassandra Complex: A Step Forward in Autistic Representation

Posted on May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 by Sonny Hallett

It felt good to read an autistic character who is so different from me, and yet very relatable in how she experiences and processes the world.

Cover of the book Share The Road. The background is a close-up photo of the face of a white boy with short brown hair, playing with a small green wooden toy car. White text at the top reads, "Share The Road: The Journey to Autistry". White text at the bottom reads, "By Janet Lawson and Dan Swearingen"
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Share the Road: The Journey to Autistry

Posted on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 by Chantal Sicile-Kira

In their new book Share the Road: The Journey to Autistry, Janet Lawson and Dan Swearingen generously map out how they created a successful and thriving program that incorporates project-based learning and personal interest into learning needed life skills.

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Autism

Supported Self-Acceptance: The Difference Between Failure and Extraordinary

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Luce Greenwood

The world made me feel like an autistic failure for so long, but all it took was some kindness and understanding for me to realize that I am quite extraordinary.

Oil painting of a sad child with short curly brown hair and brown skin, on a blue background, hugging a toy monkey.
ABA

Therapists: Stop Traumatizing Autistic Children With Speech Demands

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Ann Memmott

Autistic children only get one childhood, and they deserve properly qualified and properly experienced professional teams. Teams that consider autistic ways of communication, ethics, human rights, and potential harms very carefully indeed. 

Hannah Gadsby, a white person with short tousled straight light brown hair and glasses, in front of signage for the musical Hamilton.
Autistic

Authentic Autistic Hilarity: Hannah Gadsby in Something Special

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Autistic Science Person

Hannah Gadsby’s rightful success gives me hope that we’ll be seeing more (openly) autistic people out there in the world, and with that, hopefully, there will be more understanding from the allistic people around us.

Steampunk-style painting of two white women with aubergine hair and dark lab glasses, in a white lab coats, with their backs to each other.
Accommodations

Explaining the Pitfalls of “Profound Autism” With Dr. Kristen Bottema-Beutel

Posted on May 1, 2023May 15, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

The term ‘profound autism’ is not particularly useful, as “many autistic people who do not have the characteristics the authors focus on have significant support needs, and support needs can be radically different across different domains, social contexts, and time.”

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Autism

On Writing Neurodivergent Characters

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Meg Eden Kuyatt

I had poured so much of myself into my protagonist. When my agent called my character childish, naive, and vulnerable, I couldn’t help but feel she was calling me childish, naive, and vulnerable.

Silhouetted photo of a person pushing a huge round object up an increasingly steep slope, against a blue background.
Autistic

Feeling Behind in Life as an Autistic Person

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Hassaan Mohammed

There’s a fine line between “I wish I could do that” and “I know I physically can’t, nor do I want to do that” which often gets missed, even by me. I’m trying to work things out at a pace I’m comfortable with.

Gyasi Burks Abbott, a Black man with short graying natural hair and glasses, speaking into a microphone.
Autistic

Autistic, Black, and Thriving: A Conversation With Gyasi Burks-Abbott

Posted on April 15, 2023April 20, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We spoke with writer, public speaker, and autism self-advocate Gyasi Burks-Abbott about growing up Black and autistic in a much less autism-aware era, and how he was able to thrive thanks to the guidance of his intuitive and supportive mother.

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