WHY I DON’T CALL AUTISM AN INVISIBLE DISABILITY
Many people call autism an “invisible disability” because, as they say, you can’t tell someone is autistic just from looking at them. I challenge that view and explain why.
AUTISM AND SELF INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
Self-injurious behavior gets discussed a lot – but it’s not often that we hear from it from a lived experience. Lets change that and break the stigma!
BOLTING – AUTISTIC SUDDEN FLIGHT EXPLAINED
Bolting – the sudden flight phenomenon in autistic people explained from lived experience and without harmful behaviorist approaches.
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?
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?
TANTRUM OR MELTDOWN? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Comparing tantrums and meltdowns with the use of 8 simple questions. Learn to never confuse the two again!
INTRODUCING THE HOLISTIC MODEL OF DISABILITY
Introducing the Holistic Model of Disability, which aims to provide a full picture of disability, while being inclusive of all disabled people and their experiences.
THE 3 STAGE MODEL OF MELTDOWNS
What do autistic meltdowns look like, feel like, and what can help before, during, and after?
COLOR HYPERSENSITIVITY
What color hypersensitivity is, and what living with it is like for an autistic person.