When a rigged system silences voices

Visiting the lovely peeps on my blogroll today, I came across a particular post that spawned a tangential thought-stream.  What …

Autism is nothing to fear. Are you scared of me?

I live in the US, where the predominant feeling surrounding the autism spectrum is fear.  Parents decline to vaccinate their …

Autism, irony, and the Self-Esteem Movement

This is something that has always bothered me, even as a then-unknown autistic person.  The difference between then and now, …

Theory of mind(reading)

Realizing that you’re autistic when you’re an adult means you get to do a lot of searching.  This takes multiple …

They thought I was being ‘dramatic’… when I was just actually autistic

My mom is a very patient and loving person.  But despite nearly-endless patience, she would occasionally get exasperated with me. …

Denying or restricting access to a ‘special interest’ is a subtler form of abuse [Mental Health Monday]

I’m going to try not to get too graphic here, for obvious reasons.  I don’t want to kick off the …

File under: WTH?? ~ Autistic children left in hot cars ~ a PSA [Content Advisory]

This is a grim, dark, murky post.  I’m sorry about that.  I’m going to discuss a serious problem.  It may …

Asperger’s / autism and microaggression

I don’t remember how I came across the term “microaggression”, but apparently I did, and I’m guessing that it was …

The problem with autism acceptance…

Autism Awareness Month is almost over. Does that mean that the rest of the world will revert back to a …

Please don’t say “Autism Mom / Dad / Parent” for attention

(Beginning Note: please know that if you’re reading this, it totally doesn’t apply to you 🙂 and thus, please try …

‘Awareness’ is not enough ~ Part 3: Talk is cheap. Please take action

There’s a another chapter to this whole “Autism Awareness” thing.  It consists of the next step: action. My (stern, old-school) …

An open letter to natural, holistic, alternative, or integrative / Functional Medicine doctors…

Dear These Types of Doctors… I am one of you.  If I were sitting beside you at a conference, you …