autistic
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I’m not Asocial, I’m AuSocial: Conceptualising Autistic sociality and culture
Being Autistic is a nightmare (sometimes, actually, a lot of the time). This isn’t because being Autistic is inherently good or bad,…
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Neuroqueer theory and the Self
When considering our potential, we often think in finite terms. Normativity has dictated that which a human can be. We are also…
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More on Zeno’s Paradoxes and the issues with Autistic to non-Autistic communication
As you may have noticed from my most recent blog post, I am somewhat down a rabbit hole at the moment. In…
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The Zeno paradox of autism: Is this the root of the double empathy problem?
This was inspired by the book “Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness” by Remi Yergeau. The double empathy problem, so named,…
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Coping with psychiatric medication when Autistic
For many of us, medication is a necessary part of life. For a huge portion of the Autistic population, that medication is…
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Where psychosis and autism meet: The bitter pill to swallow
I am Autistic. I also have a psychotic condition. One might wonder why these two things are even related, and yet they…
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Reflection on Texas school shooting from my Autistic perspective
Trigger warning: mass shooting, school shooting, murder, death of children and adults. Today I woke up to the news that 19 children…
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Creating Autistic Suffering: Professionals, why don’t they know?
This article was co-authored by David Gray-Hammond and Tanya Adkin Trigger Warning: Injustice, professionals, Autistic suffering, mentions of theory of mind, weak…
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Autistic Substance Use Survey 2022
Below is a survey on Autistic people and substance use. The aim is to collate data anonymously on the use of drugs…
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Creating Autistic Suffering: Clustered injustice compounds minority stress in Autistic experiences
This article was co-authored between David Gray-Hammond and Tanya Adkin Trigger Warning: Injustice, mental health, systemic oppression, minority stress, fabricated and induced…