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 …
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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Building Bridges to Nowhere: On Workplace Best Practices for Keeping Autistic Persons Terminally Jobless
The bitter irony of his dressing in black was not lost on me. He smiled a hopeful smile, before walking into the “job interview practice” hosted by a local Autism Organization.As I watched him go, I …
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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