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
HEARD is a Black-led & disabled-led, cross-disability abolitionist org. With practically no funding, they do vital work no one else does.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
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
Shannon Rosa is the senior editor and co-founder of Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, an autism and neurodiversity information and advocacy nexus. Her writing and speaking about disability and parenting are in the Washington Post, Spectrum, and NPR. She lives in California with her family.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
The label "Profound autism" bungles the support needs of autistic people with complex disabilities, and will endanger autistic lives.| 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
Autism news and resources: from autistic people, professionals, and parents.| 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
The Complicated Reality of Having a Neurotypical Sibling| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Autistics Struggle Enough Without Cruel Accusations of “Not Disabled”| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
For Autistic Adults, Making Friends Can Be Complicated| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Autistics Struggle Enough Without Cruel Accusations of “Not Disabled”| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
"I'm not sure the real leverage in avoiding autistic burnout resides with the autistic person alone."| 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
Centering Black Autistic Stories, Struggles, and Joy: Autastic’s Diane J. Wright| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Centering Black Autistic Stories, Struggles, and Joy: Autastic’s Diane J. Wright| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Centering Black Autistic Stories, Struggles, and Joy: Autastic’s Diane J. Wright| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
When Autistic Special Interests Get Canceled| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
If there’s no counter-speech, no pushback against rumors or misleading claims, all the algorithms have available to surface is the nonsense.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
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
We talked with Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai about the overlap of mental health & autism, & the evidence-backed tendency of autistic people to be LGBT.| 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
If you separate ABA therapy from reward and punishment, you don't have any ABA left because the entire structure of ABA is based on that.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
What Autistic People Want From Autism Research: AutINSAR 2025 Recap| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Are You Autistic? Do You Think You Want a Pet?| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
RFK Jr. went full "useless eaters" on autistics—& Profound Autism parents are thrilled. Here's why "profound autism" is harmful, not helpful.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he would find the cause of autism in five months and “eliminate those exposures.” This is pseudoscience.| 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
Why autistic play (solitary, stimmy, etc.) is not "wrong," and can have an important function in supporting relaxation and recuperation.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
When "levels of autism" are imposed on autistics without true comprehension of how autistic coping fluctuates, the effects can be disastrous.| THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
