Why Social Skills Training Does Not Help Autistic People
To explain why most general social skills training taught to autistic people is not helpful, I will show a simple example and give a critique. I will
To explain why most general social skills training taught to autistic people is not helpful, I will show a simple example and give a critique. I will
I’ve written about masking and sensory pain a lot. But there are still things I notice even years after recognizing that I’m autistic. Masking is
I am nearly out of spoons at the moment, so I’m going to turn a few twitter threads into a blog post because I think it is an important topic. I
TW – ableism, eugenics, “treatments”, torture, Judge Rotenberg Center, Spectrum 10K You may have recently heard about the Spectrum 10K study
Introduction Ya’ll, I’m frustrated. I’ve written extensively about auditory sensitivity and hyperacusis on this website. I’ve tried to
I think I should have written this post a long time ago because hygiene tasks are such an important issue for parents of autistic kids to understand,
If you’re wondering what I’m talking about –Great! You’re the person who I want to talk to, who I think can help! [To clarify, this has
[For people who don’t know, the term allistic means anyone who is not autistic.] I’ve learned a lot recently after asking allistic people on
Since the group of autistic self-advocates have disbanded and had no contact with Next for Autism, I would like to make a personal statement to
Color the Spectrum, a livestreaming fundraiser event organized by non-autistic people and involving prominent celebrities, is scheduled for Friday,
A message to the entire Autistic community: Last week, an Autistic person became aware of Color the Spectrum, a fundraising event for the nonprofit
CW gaslighting, medical trauma, ableism We need to talk about how gaslighting of autistic people’s sensory sensitivities can lead to poor physical
I never knew any openly trans people or nonbinary people growing up. Binary transgender people were something that was fine to be in my family, that
Disclaimer: I am not Deaf or part of the Deaf community. Please absolutely defer to Deaf people in regards to the film and how it portrays Deafness
In one form or another, I see this question from parents a lot: “Why does my child have to be so rude all the time?” The assumptions about