Explore how monotropism shapes Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD attention. Dispelling myths, uncovering research and exploring why neuroaffirming support matters for our wellbeing.| Autistic Realms
Explore the difference between true neurodiversity-affirming practice and “neurodiversity-lite,” and why justice, and lived experience matter.| Autistic Realms
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
Autism and I are always underestimated and treated like a child, especially by people who don’t know me. I get it! I am a bundle of contradictions. I can read and understand novels like To Kill A Mockingbird, yet I also read Dr. Seuss books. I love watching adult movies and shows with my family, […]| The Autistic Mind Finally Speaks
Learn how monotropism differs from polytropism, plus research showing ADHDers and AuDHDers score higher on the Monotropism Questionnaire.| Autistic Realms
Many autistic people rely on multimodal communication for accessibility. Kaishawna Fleming discusses why showcasing different forms of communication is so important for disability representation. The post Yes, Multimodal Communication Is Imperative appeared first on THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM.| 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
Pet ownership can offer significant benefits for Autistic people. However, it’s important to assess your or your loved one’s needs and abilities before committing. The post Are You Autistic? Do You Think You Want a Pet? appeared first on THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM.| 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
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
I would like a term to describe myself, as just one person among many many autistics, but the problem is ableds hear, “low support needs” and think, “OK then it’s fine to round down to zero.” The post Can We Talk About the Term “Low Support Needs”? appeared first on THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
When it comes to autism treatments, parents new to autism need to work past their fear and confusion, and embrace their critical reasoning skills. The post How Parents Can Identify and Avoid Harmful Autism Treatments appeared first on THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
We can’t both accept speculation that Darwin and Einstein were probably autistic, and also claim that all autistic people used to be institutionalized, killed, or abandoned as changelings. The post Autistic People Are Not New to This World appeared first on THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM.| 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
I’ve been very lucky and honoured to share conference spaces and stages with so many amazing queer and trans academics in the last few months. I wanted to share my experiences of three confer…| Autistic and Living the Dream
The author reflects on their role in academia, prioritizing individual impact and creating safe spaces for trans+ Autistic individuals. They acknowledge tensions between personal outcomes and insti…| Autistic and Living the Dream
I have had an exciting first couple of months at BAS. I have come into a really diverse team made up from some incredibly talented people. I have been impressed to witness first hand BAS’s ability to deliver clear, concise and relevant information to families when they need it. There are lots of exciting plans […] The post CEO Update appeared first on Bristol Autism Support.| Bristol Autism Support
Georgia Rivers and I have created a zine for trans+ Autistic people to be informed on their rights when thinking about, or engaging in cervical screening in the UK. The zine is at the end of this p…| Autistic and Living the Dream
Sometime this summer, I’ll exit my fifth decade. Periodically, I get a little freaked out by that number. I’m on the ground floor of old age. My husband is younger than I am, so I’ll be in the old age building by myself for three years. I really hate when he’s in a different decade … Continue reading There’s No School Like the Old School: Five for Friday, May 30, 2025| Apt. 11d
AutINSAR is a much-needed discussion between autistic people and autism researchers about priorities in autism research.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
The author discusses the challenges faced by trans and Autistic individuals amidst societal hate, particularly in the US and UK. They express exhaustion from the violence seen online and its impact…| Autistic and Living the Dream
Discover personal insights on autism, ADHD, AuDHD, and burnout with Eric Tivers and Dr. Shannon Palma.| ADHD reWired
Medicaid is life for my mostly non-speaking autistic son. Cutting it would remove the services that make his interdependent life possible.| 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
I expect that some may not agree with me, but I want to address my thoughts on RFK’s speech on autism. I haven’t watched it in its entirety, but I did watch a bit of it. One thing I agree with him is that autism is definitely becoming an epidemic. I think it is now […]| The Autistic Mind Finally Speaks
This is the transcript from the recent OCD Fam podcast. You can listen via podcast here and via YouTube here. Summary The OCD Fam podcast featured a conversation between me and Nicole. I shared upd…| Autistic and Living the Dream
Luminous Mind author Elliot Gavin Keenan wants to uplift all neurodivergences—including autism, bipolar, schizophrenia, and many others.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
by Pablo Hernandez Words are the symbols of great ideas. Words live when they cross from me to you.Words make heavy hearts light,They are thoughts sealed for many to view. Words leave the writer, falling on the page, The meaning they hold tries to talk out.Questions artfully getting my thinking started,Making the solid walls fall to doubt. … Continue reading Ode to Words→| Not Too Trapped In My Head Anymore
I would like to make a recommendation. My family and I decided to watch a great movie. It was not some car-crashing action film with famous actors; it was not a classic Christmas box office hit. It was learning what the most hard-working autistic students have to say to the world when they are given … Continue reading A Movie Recommendation:→| Not Too Trapped In My Head Anymore
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
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
Autistic Dream Realms The Autistic Dream Realms Project, created with Katie from Autistic and Living the Dream is a project in which we share information about being Autistic and OCD, as people with lived experience of both, as an individual (Katie) and a parent (Helen) to help demystify Autism and OCD. General content warnings: mental health, […]| Autistic Realms
Raising an autistic kid is difficult, but it provides unique development and learning possibilities. Understanding their requirements....| United Patients Group
When autistic clients first present for therapy, it’s because their life has become so unbearable that they desperately need help.| New Harbinger Publications, Inc
No two individuals, even those with similar brain types, will have the same sensory profile and needs.| Neurodivergent Rebel
I was honoured to speak with the amazing Guy Stephens, founder of the Alliance Against Seclusion & Restraint about what’s new in human rights advocacy for autistic & developmentally disabled students. AASR has a groundbreaking new program, Reframing Behaviour, in partnership with the Crisis Prevention Institute, rolling out across America–neuroscience-based training for educators to eliminate … Continue reading A journey to transform special education: Catching up with Guy Stephens at...| Noncompliant – the podcast
My experience as an autistic mother of a child with severe autism. Autism mom blog.| The Autism Cafe
Autism is a complex spectrum, and while a toddler being a sensory seeker can sometimes be cause for concern, it’s just one piece of a larger puzzle| The Autism Cafe
Charlie's ABA Therapy Center agreed to be flexible with their policy so Charlie could attend both school and ABA Therapy.| The Autism Cafe
I was so excited to speak with Dr. Ryan, a trailblazer in Canadian autism research! Her work was the first participatory autism research in Canada and it has inspired more. We talk about inclusion,…| Noncompliant - the podcast
This is the story of how Charlie was, for lack of a better term, kicked out from ABA Therapy. This is my experience as a mother of an autistic child.| The Autism Cafe
Not long ago, I had a book stall at an event unrelated to autism - a rare occasion for me as an autistic author and speaker. And I think it’s fair to say there are| Autistic Not Weird
I had a fascinating conversation with AutCollab co-founder Jorn Bettin about new approaches to autism; namely, thinking outside the box of the pathologizing approach of the DSM and moving towards a…| Noncompliant - the podcast
I wrote this recently, about radiation treatment for cancer. To listen, click the audio file below. .| Noncompliant – the podcast
This unpost follows hot (-ish) on the heels of a post about LEGO railways, which took me down a little branch line that I may or may not revisit at some point … on this driftiest of blogs. I’m very aware that I haven’t posted much recently. I could say that I’ve been working on […]| transponderings
When I was a teacher in a school for autistic students, it was well-noted that my biggest strength was my ability to build strong teacher-student relationships. My students engaged well in my classes, opened up| Autistic Not Weird
For this year's World Autism Acceptance Day, I made these fifty pictures and shared them to Autistic Not Weird's Facebook page [all links open in new tabs]. For those who don't already follow it, or want| Autistic Not Weird
Ever since adolescence, I’ve wanted to spend my life building people. Whether in terms of confidence, intellect, life skills, or all the other ways a person can be built up, I’ve wanted to be the| Autistic Not Weird
One commonality I’ve found among autistic people is that many of us love creating our own universes. The real world often functions without autistic people in mind. To many of us, it seems that the non-autistic population seems to be entirely in control – often, even in control of our world and our futures. So it can help enormously for us to escape into a universe where we choose the rules, we can influence events, and nobody gets to cast […] The post Twenty tips for aspiring writers, ...| Autistic Not Weird
We see them far too often. Videos of an autistic child (or adult) in extreme distress, shared across the internet in the glorious name of “autism awareness”, perhaps even with a divisive or gatekeeping comment such as “this is what real autism looks like”. The motivation, of course, is to display the problems that all too often kept behind closed doors. And whereas the issues do need discussing and addressing, perhaps there’s a better way to do so than uploading […] The post Ten v...| Autistic Not Weird
There’s something falsely positive about the word “perfectionist”, isn’t there? The first time I remember hearing the word, I was being taught how to answer job interview questions. I was told that when the interviewer asks me what my biggest weakness is, I should say “oh, I’m a perfectionist, I can’t leave things alone until I know they’re right”. Because apparently, it’s like answering a question about weaknesses by continuing to show off my strengths. (I never did this,...| Autistic Not Weird
It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would be so widely disliked by the autistic people it claims to support. But just to clarify: the| Autistic Not Weird
This is going to be one of my shorter articles – largely, I imagine, to be posted in reply to those who “correct” my language when I refer to myself or others as autistic, as| Autistic Not Weird
The two questions above are among the most commonly asked by parents of newly-diagnosed autistic children. And wouldn’t it be great if there were a one-sentence answer to it? Sadly, it doesn’t work like that. But here’s my advice, as an autistic man who used to be an autistic child, who gets asked this question a lot. Full disclosure: this is a rewrite of an article that I wrote five years ago (way back at the start of Autistic Not […] The post When should I tell my child they’re au...| Autistic Not Weird
On 29th November 2009, my life started to take the opening few steps towards beginning to make some kind of sense. After a lifetime of knowing I was different somehow to the general population (and too many years believing myself to be ‘lesser’ rather than different), a family member finally gave me an explanation for why, and it started a mental revolution for me. My attitude towards my own brain has changed enormously: what started as a secret word to […] The post Ten years ago today,...| Autistic Not Weird
A few years ago, one of my articles received this comment. “F*** YOU F***YOU F***YOU.You don’t even know anything about autism. It’s a f***ing curse that controls parents’ lives until they finally die!F*** YOU”(Obviously, this| Autistic Not Weird
The most depressing period of my life was spent jobsearching, but I picked up a bunch of lessons from it. Here they are. The post Finding employment as an autistic person appeared first on Autistic Not Weird.| Autistic Not Weird
So it’s World Autism Awareness Month again! Those who follow Autistic Not Weird’s Facebook page [links open in new tabs] will know that I often use the occasion to upload a ton of picture posts- not just to spread awareness but to encourage autism acceptance too. This year, instead of uploading facts about autism like I have in the past, I started an album called “Fifty ways to help autistic people“. And, as promised, here they are in one big […] The post 50 ways to help autistic pe...| Autistic Not Weird
I wasn’t very old at all when I first noticed I was different. I didn’t have a word for it until I was 24, but my differences have rarely been a secret – to me or anyone else. And sometimes, sadly, other people make those differences an issue. They shouldn’t be any problem at all, but not everyone appreciates difference. This is another article I’ve put off writing because it’s such a difficult subject, but it’s clearly in high […] The post A brief guide to coping with bein...| Autistic Not Weird
I don’t like Christmastime. And I should be allowed to say that without being criticised for it. Don’t get me wrong, I love what Christmas stands for. But December is that month when Expectation Claus sneaks into your house, instructs you to follow all these traditions (whether you’re comfortable with them or not), and you’re not allowed to tell him you’re sad because everyone is supposed to be happy and joyous at Christmas. It’s the rules. Like everything else in […] The post A...| Autistic Not Weird
The internet is full of advice articles for parents. So just for once, this one’s for children themselves! I can’t believe I’m saying this, but this is my fiftieth article for Autistic Not Weird. So I thought I’d do something special for it. I used to be a schoolteacher (and now I work with autistic students outside of schools), and this is the advice I would give to children growing up on the autism spectrum. Something important before we begin: […] The post Fifty pieces of advice ...| Autistic Not Weird
“My child fits PDA, but I don’t think they’re autistic, I don’t see any signs of autism. This is a common statement that comes up a lot, especially on PDA groups. Someone ha…| Riko's blog: PDA and more.
Autism 101 a simple neurodiversity-based explanation [image of head with brain] what is autism? Autism is type of brain wiring (neurological type) that processes information differently than typica…| eisforerin.com
Neurodiversity 101 It’s a big word for a simple idea! neuro/brain [image of head with brain] + diversity/range of different kinds [image of landscape with trees, water, animal] = a range of d…| eisforerin.com
I’ve been working on this for a little while. A symbol for autism. The puzzle piece sucks and a lot of us have rejected it for a long time. The rainbow infinity symbol is for all neurodivergent people, not specifically autistic folks. This is what I’ve come up with (with some great input from autistic folks on Twitter).| Beth Wilson - Artist