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.
AGGRESSION – THE WEAPONIZATION OF A FALSE LABEL TO UNDERMINE DEVELOPMENTALLY/INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE’S HUMAN RIGHTS
03.10.2021
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AGGRESSION, ANXIETY, AUTISM, MELTDOWNS, SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR, SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
How and why people commonly weaponize the label “aggression” against developmentally and/or intellectually disabled people, why that’s bad, and how to stop it.
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!
AUTISM AND RULES
Five things about rules and autistic people that can serve to creating a more autistic-friendly approach to rule-making and rule-teaching.
15 TIPS FOR SURVIVING THE SUMMER HEAT
Nobody ever taught me how to make the summer heat more bearable. I had to learn over years of suffering. Here are my 15 tips for surviving the summer heat, so that others don’t suffer as I did.
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?
“LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM” 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.