Believe in us! Please don’t assess our potential based entirely on our outward behavior or what we may not be able to say verbally.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Diane J. Wright, founder of Autastic.com, talked with us about her advocacy—including shaping the stories of autistic PoC in popular media.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
After I was late diagnosed with autism, I am now being the ‘real’ me—and not the person the people in my life thought I was.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
"I have to be realistic about the community I am nurturing in, for my children & for the parents that I help, as a Black autistic woman."| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
How can autistic people cope, when their passions or special interests become irretrievably flawed, or get canceled?| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
People who tell you that colonoscopies are hard may not know how tough you are. Many autistic people are used to life being hard.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Jenny Mai Phan is an Asian American autistic autism researcher, an IACC member, and the mother of four children—two of whom are autistic.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Parents should tell their children they are autistic in ways that help them understand and feel good about who they are.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Our senior editor spoke at UC Davis's 2021 Neurodiversity Summit, on including autistic people with intellectual & communication disabilities.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Autistic people are a vulnerable community, and as stakeholders in the Spectrum 10K debate, we deserve full and transparent engagement.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
What if the "preventing autism diagnoses" headlines had read, “Autism doesn’t have to be a problem if children are understood and supported”?| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Needing assistance with daily life is more tolerated in our society when that assistance is in aid of making money—as with a rock star.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
My autistic brain can be in danger of overload while grocery shopping. It needs a quiet space—fast. But there are usually none in big stores.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people and autism researchers about priorities in autism research.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
TC Waisman says, "When I show up in a room, I'm Black first. That's what people see. They don’t see the invisible disabilities right away."| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Luminous Mind author Elliot Gavin Keenan wants to uplift all neurodivergences—including autism, bipolar, schizophrenia, and many others.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
The new cuts and push for disabled people to work terrifies me. Will autistic people be forced to hide their disability to keep their job?| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
You may know that ABA is a questionable therapy. But since not every parent can avoid ABA, what can those parents do to protect their kids?| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Here are some great kidlit books with autistic representation. There are many more that could be included—but these are some of my favorites.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
When other people take choices away from us autistics, it can make us believe we are useless and destroy our confidence.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
It's important to avoid infantilising your teen or adult autistic offspring, meaning treating them as though they will always be a child.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
All the Noise at Once tackles so many issues with such care and thought, including racism, classism, and class segregation.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
