As an ambassador of the Neurodiversity movement, I recently took a brief pause to step back and take measure of the landscape of change occurring around the pursuit of neurodiversity understanding in …
The Autistic Time Traveller
Aubrey felt the cool mist of the early fall breeze cross her neck. She'd bundled up before leaving her small apartment, taking the stairs down and out into the late morning of the city. With the wet …
Autistic Uprising: a Neurodivergent Rebellion of Hearts and Minds
Editor's note: When J David Hall first wrote this, he didn't yet know he was autistic... but when we read this, autistics did. First featured on Medium, this article made waves. We are glad that David …
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Mental Health Carnage: the Relentless Misunderstanding of Autistic Persons
The chilled air in the place seemed filled with unease. Clean, sterile, with “handlers” at every carefully-monitored corner of the place. Doors locking in neat rhythm as any cries of the patients …
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Watch Christa Holmans (Neurodivergent Rebel) & J. David Hall: A Community Conversation on Neurodiversity
Recently, at Whole Foods Marketplace in Austin, Texas, we gathered panelists comprised of two autistic adult organizational founders and a neurotypical educator and put them in front of an audience of …
Walking in the Autistic Eye of the Storm
I remember the acrid smell of something broken. Salty, sour, it permeated the Gulf Coast air like the scent of some fading electrical fire or burnt gunpowder perhaps. A battle between sky, sea and …
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