LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM – A NETFLIX SERIES
An in-depth analysis of “Love on the SPectrum” – an Australian Netflix series portraying a group of autistic people navigating relationships and finding love. I point out the good and the bad and offer some hopefully educational pointers. […]
I CAN’T WEAR A MASK
Anti-Maskers are loud about not wearing masks. Pro-Maskers are loud about there not being any valid excuse not to wear a mask. What about people who legitimately struggle with masks? […]
NAUTSPLAINING
A NEW TERM FOR AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM (to) nautsplain PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spleyn │ / ˈnɔtspleɪn / Blends non-autistic and explain. VERB [1] a non-autistic person commenting on or explaining something autism-related, usually to an autistic person. Often in a condescending, overconfident, inaccurate, or generalized manner. [2] a non-autistic person speaking for or over autistic people on […]
TRANSCRIPT – KILLER MIKE’S SPEECH DURING THE ATLANTA PROTESTS MAY 29TH 2020
Transcript of Killer Mike’s speech from May 29th 2020, during the Atlanta protests. […]
TANTRUM OR MELTDOWN? [GRAPHIC RESOURCE]
This resource is part of “AUTISTICTICS AUTISM 101 – 1 PAGE, 1 AUTISM TOPIC” [Clicking the below image takes you to the image file. Terms of use at the end of this post.] TERMS OF USE YOU MAY repost the “TANTRUM OR MELTDOWN?” graphic online for personal, private use as long as you credit me […]
“SILENCING-AUTISTIC-PEOPLE” BINGO [GRAPHIC RESOURCE]
For Autism Acceptance Month 2020 (non-autistics tend to call it “Autism Awareness Month”) I created the “SILENCING-AUTISTIC-PEOPLE BINGO” – a bingo card showing off 25 common silencing tactics people use against autistic people, to try to silence them. How many of these have been used against you? Anyone got BINGO yet? [Clicking the below image […]
SIGN THE PETITION – AUTISM ACCEPTANCE, NOT AWARENESS
PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION: […]
CORONAVIRUS VISUAL STORY [GRAPHIC RESOURCE]
A visual story explaining the novel Coronavirus and infection prevention measures in simple language, illustrated with simple visual images. […]
NAVIGATING A PANDEMIC WHILE AUTISTIC – BEYOND INFECTION PREVENTION MEASURES AND PUBLIC GUIDELINES
Situations like the current COVID-19 pandemic affect all of us way beyond government measures and public guidelines. This can be especially difficult to navigate for autistic people. Let’s take a look at which problems autistic people may face, and what can help. […]