Getting a Colonoscopy While Autistic!
People who tell you that colonoscopies are hard may not know how tough you are. Many autistic people have significant physical disabilities or diseases, and we are used to life being hard.
Can We Talk About the Term “Low Support Needs”?
I would like a term to describe myself, as just one person among many many autistics, but the problem is ableds hear, “low support needs” and think, “OK then it’s fine to round down to zero.”
How Parents Can Identify and Avoid Harmful Autism Treatments
When it comes to autism treatments, parents new to autism need to work past their fear and confusion, and embrace their critical reasoning skills.
Autistic People Are Not New to This World
We can’t both accept speculation that Darwin and Einstein were probably autistic, and also claim that all autistic people used to be institutionalized, killed, or abandoned as changelings.
Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Talking With Autistic Disability Advocate AJ Link
We live in a country and a society that is built on racism, and the neurodivergent community isn’t free of that racism, isn’t free of the erasing of marginalized experiences.
What Autistic People Want From Autism Research: AutINSAR 2025 Recap
AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people, autism researchers, family members, and professionals about priorities in autism research. AutINSAR 2025 took place at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) in Seattle, Washington.
Renée DiResta on Countering Disinformation, Spammers, and Scammers
I think if you are someone who has deep expertise, particularly in a contested space, your voice can be really valuable. If there’s no counter-speech, no pushback against rumors or misleading claims, all the algorithms have available to surface is the nonsense.
Medicaid Is Life for My Autistic Son
Medicaid is life for my mostly non-speaking autistic adult son. Cutting it would remove the very services that make his beautiful, interdependent life possible.
Talking With Autistic Autism Researcher TC Waisman About Being BIPOC and Multiply Disabled
TC Waisman says, “When I show up in a room, I’m Black first. That’s what people see. They don’t see the invisible disabilities right away. This informs not only my worldview, but the kinds of things that I want to work on, and the ways I want to challenge the barriers I’m experiencing.”
Talking with Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai About Autism and Mental Health
We talked with researcher Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai about the overlap of mental health and autism, the evidence-backed tendency of autistic people to be LGBT+, and much more.