THE FLOATING NOTHINGNESS – LIFE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION
What is it like when “I don’t have a sense of direction.” isn’t just a half-joking sentiment, but the disability Developmental Topographical Disorientation? […]
SELECTIVE MUTISM HELL
Sharing one very personal experience from my Selective Mutism hell, aka school. […]
AUTISM SELF-DIAGNOSIS…YAY OR NAY?
What is self-diagnosis? What is self-diagnosis not? Why do some people support it, and others oppose it? Should we accept autism self-diagnosis or not? Why? […]
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 […]
I AM NON-BINARY
An explorative, affirming poem about being non-binary. […]
TANTRUM OR MELTDOWN? [GRAPHIC RESOURCE]
Comparing tantrums and meltdowns with the use of 8 simple questions. Learn to never confuse the two again! […]
“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: […]