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What I’ve learned about autism, autistics and the autism world

It’s been a little over 19 months since my autism diagnosis. Since 19 is my lucky number, I thought I would write a brief update post. Initially I considered writing about the changes that have...

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Autism Is

What does autism mean to you? Autism is such a complex and multifaceted entity that it defies being captured in any concise, straightforward way. As I was contemplating my answer to this question, I...

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Autistic Voice

Over the past few months I’ve been reading and re-reading Melanie Yergeau’s “Authoring Autism”. It’s a brilliant book (to say the least) that has really helped me progress in my understanding of...

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Everything wrong with “Extreme Love: Autism”

I usually appreciate Louis Theroux’s documentaries, but this particular one – about autism – was rather painful to watch. It’s sad and worrying to see how harmful attitudes and practices get propagated...

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What the cutting-edge of social neuroscience has to say about autism

(Plus, how it is saying it.)   I’ve just finished reading a few pages on autism found within the book “Social” by Matthew Lieberman. The author is a leading researcher in the field of social...

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