STIMSTRUCK AND STIMSTUCK – CONCEPTUALIZING STIMMING
We have a lot of existing words to discuss stimming. What we don’t (yet) have are actual stimming-related terms. Here are two I coined, how I use them, and why I find them so helpful.
MURDERING DISABLED PEOPLE IS UNACCEPTABLE
About the horribly common murder of disabled people by their parents and guardians. Why the murderers often receive sympathy, why that shouldn’t be the case, and a very long list of young lives brutally ended by the people who should have protected them the most.
“AUTISTIC” AS AN INSULT – STOP!
Why people need to stop using “autistic” as in insult. About the real life consequences misuse of language has for autistic people and what we can do better.
AUTISM SPEAKS “CALL FOR IMPUNITY”
AUTHOR STEVE SILBERMAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST AUTISM SPEAKS On August 24th 2015 the LA times published the article Autism Speaks needs to do a lot more listening written by author Steve Silberman. In his article Silberman states that even though awareness and attitude towards autism have changed for the better since the 20th century non-autistic
CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR – AN ABLEIST CONCEPT
“Challenging behavior” is a commonly used term and concept. But it shouldn’t be. Why the concept is discriminatory and harmful and how we can do better.
ECHOLALIA AND OTHER ECHO PHENOMENA – BY NO MEANS MEANINGLESS
20.07.2015
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AUTISM, CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, ECHOLALIA, SENSORY PROCESSING, SPEECH, STIMMING
Repeating words or phrases is an autistic trait most people are familiar with. But what is echolalia really? What’s its purpose? What does it feel like? Let’s take an unpathologized inside look at it.
WHY I BOYCOTT AUTISM SPEAKS
Autism Speaks claims to be a charity helping autistic people. But are they really? Here is an in depth look at their agenda, methods, and finances.
“YOU DON’T LOOK AUTISTIC!” – AUTISM AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Many autistic people get told that they “Don’t look autistic.” at some point in their life. Here is my take on why that sentence is never helpful and also always factually wrong. A new perspective on how everything about the way I look IS distinctively autistic – once you understand what you’re seeing!
MASKING AND PASSING – WHAT IT IS, WHY IT’S BAD
WHAT MASKING IS AND WHY IT EXISTS Masking means suppressing everything about yourself that is visibly autistic to appear non-autistic. Appearing to be non-autistic is what we call “passing” – it’s short for “passing as non-autistic”. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I prefer to use the term “Camouflaging” instead of masking. “Masking” implies putting a mask