Academic articles should be accessible. I have made nearly all my publications (on autism, such as supporting autistic people's quality of life in practical domains e.g. employment, neurodiveristy and identity, traits and stimming) freely available here: tinyurl.com/y5fvyvto

Autistic grief is not like neurotypical grief: "Every brain only has so much space in which to process information, and if a very large part of that is consumed with emotions, it can easily result in failures of other areas." By Karla Fisher, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2012/08/autist…

"Asperger was, most likely, a complicated and conflicted man who recognized the potential of 'autistic intelligence' long before anyone else did, but who was willing to go along with Nazi bosses when Jewish storefronts were burning in front of his eyes." thinkingautismguide.com/2018/04/on-han…

This is a heartbreaking story. A 16-year old was the only one wearing a mask at school to protect her immunocompromised mother. But she was bullied into unmasking and caught COVID, which infected and killed her mother. archive.ph/2024.09.05-093…

So many of my disabled friends & I are at our max. Please know that we've been trying to educate & push for our rights during this pandemic from day one & we've had very, very few wins. We're so damn tired. We deserve the right to exist in public. We deserve the right to exist

Yeah, if there are two groups with absolutely no overlap whatsoever, it’s autistics and theatre kids.

Some autistic people can't be around dogs, as dogs "are unpredictable and can bark loudly, sound being another sensitivity for me & most other autistics. When a dog approaches me, it inspires such anxiety that I cannot calm down for many hours afterward." sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

Community living is when disabled people live in the same places as non-disabled people, and get to make the same choices every day as non-disabled people. All disabled people have the right to live in the community with the support we need. autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/wha…

Do you expect to run into any barriers to voting this year? What kinds of disability-related or other barriers do you expect to find? #CripTheVote #2024Election Alice Wong 王美華 Gregg Beratan Andrew Pulrang

CN: School Shootings For parents of disabled students, emergencies in schools can be particularly worrying. By working closely with your child’s IEP team, you can ensure that their unique needs are fully addressed in all emergency protocols. theaccessibilitynp.com/2024/09/04/pro…

As it turns out, many folks who are close to autistic people who have Intellectual disabilities &/or who are non-speaking want their autistic people to be happy & supported, not “cured” or put through normalization therapies like ABA. Steven Kapp et al: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au…

Important. Autistic people & their families would like everyone to know: FOLLOW LEASH LAWS. There are many off-leash spaces! Go off-leash there! Spaces with leashing signs are rare spaces of peace for people who really, really need them.

Autistic marmite type response?

sjdr.se/articles/10.16… Also, in much-needed new research, a paper asking researchers to consider trauma, when using autistic people for their research projects. There needs to be a deep understanding of how not to do more damage to autistic participants. #Autism #Ethics

Reframing Behavior is a whole school program. It is not just for teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators, but it is also intended for cafeteria staff, bus drivers, and office staff. endseclusion.org/2024/06/24/ref… #EndSeclusion

Best Practices for Online Meetings with AAC Users, by AAC Users include "some of the most important things to keep in mind when planning for meaningful inclusion and participation of our community in digital or online meetings." From @communicationfirst: communicationfirst.org/best-practices…

"When people generally said to be incapable of communication find ways of making clear what they do and don’t want through means other than words, this is self-advocacy." Mel Baggs, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2019/02/the-me… #neurodiversity

"People who declare a certain category of person to be uniformly incapable of self-advocacy are usually the same people who view that category of people as people who must be controlled rather than listened to." Relevant to misguided #ProfoundAutism efforts.

"When his initial peaceful methods are ignored in favor of restraining him & violently shoving him into a car so that staff can meet their schedules rather than listen to him, his decision to bite the driver is self-advocacy. I was there...with him." Mel Baggs thinkingautism.bsky.social

Autistic people are not in "Our Own Little Worlds," so why is the autistic landscape automatically considered less fulfilling than that of the non-autistic? Why is the realm of neurotypicality the baseline standard? Devin S. Turk, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2020/05/our-ow… #neurodiversity