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Joe Scarborough and cause for hope.
I feel obligated to say something about Joe Scarborough’s suggestion that Aurora spree killer James Holmes was autistic. I’m obligated to point out that his statements were offensive, degrading,...
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I Accept
There’s a growing discussion, within the autistic self-advocacy community, about the difference between “autism awareness” and autism acceptance. Awareness, especially as promoted by major...
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From the Sanguinary Files, Part Three: The Anecdata of Pain
The post you’ve all been waiting for. I apologize for the delay; this has been “in the works” for months now, but life and distraction and general bloggy-incompetence get in the way. Note: As with all...
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One of 104,000, apparently
There’s an ongoing debate among people who write about autism between those who favor person-first terminology (“person with autism,” “has autism”) and those who favor identity-first terminology...
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8 Doses Hydrogen Hydroxide, Taken Daily: An Intensive, Demanding Therapy Regimen
“Something is better than nothing!”—the rallying cry of defenders of autism therapies, however harmful, quackery-based, abusive, or senseless they may be. The worst treatment plan is infinitely better...
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Changing the Odds (Autistics Speaking Day)
Most of the terminology commonly associated with Autism Spectrum Conditions is undeniably degrading and dehumanizing: disorder, illness, regression, disease, suffering, impairment, low-functioning,...
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Why Parents of Children with “Medical Autism” Should Support Neurodiversity...
Autism acceptance has been slowly gaining a bit of ground in the popular discourse (although one wouldn’t know it from the Congressional autism hearings, nor the coverage of the DSM revisions). We’ve...
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My Brain Is Not An Assault Rifle
I didn’t want to write this post. I didn’t want to write about the Sandy Hook massacre of 27 people, 20 of them children. I don’t typically write about strong emotions, and what is the aftermath of the...
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Autistic People Are
Autistic people are people. Humans. Human beings. Persons. Individuals. Members of the species homo sapiens. Mankind. If all Xs are Ys, anything that is true of all Ys must be true of all Xs. If all...
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Freedom and Fraternity (Houses)
When is an autistic person ready for adulthood? When is he or she ready for, and mature enough to handle, the decisions and responsibilities that accompany autonomous adult life? The question isn’t...
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Virtuous Strength
Strong Is The New Skinny, And That’s Not Necessarily A Good Thing—go read this. I read it this morning, and it helped trigger some clarity for the loose thoughts about health and “health” culture (and...
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This Is Autism
In response to Autism Speaks’ pathologizing, offensive, bigoted characterization of autism, various autistic writers and pro-autistic allies are writing our own accounts of what autism really is. So...
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