identity
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Do I Truly Know What It Feels Like To Be Autistic?
An exploration of the truth behind the question of; What does autism feel like?
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Autism Support Starts With Identity
The autism support you are looking for is right here. Help Autistic people thrive.
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Creating Autistic Suffering: The Self-Diagnosis Debate
To speak against self-diagnosis is to parade one’s own ignorance for all to see.
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Neuroqueer: Neuro-anarchy and the Chaotic Self
In this latest issue of the Neuroqueer blog series, David Gray-Hammond and Katie Munday explore the relationship between neuro-anarchy and the Chaotic…
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The politics of existence and the regulation of Neurodivergent experience
For a long time now, Autistic people have been fighting to have the contested title of Autism Spectrum Disorder removed from discourse…
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Reclaiming Neurofuturism: The identity problem
Identity is of importance to most people. It’s how we describe and define our experiences and relationships with the wider environment. Some…
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What it feels like to be Autistic
Three years ago, I asked the question What does it feel like to be Autistic? By the time I wrote that article,…
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Bigots keep trying to tell us the meaning of words, I have bad news for them
I have repeatedly seen bigots use the “correct” meaning of words in order to try and invalidate and oppress minority groups. An…
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Neurodivergence and Normality: The meaning of words
“I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend…
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Drug use, addiction, and neuroqueering
I have extensively explored my Autistic relationship with addiction thus far. I have considered and lamented the inappropriate treatment services, the suffering,…