If Sia’s film did any good for the autistic community, it opened up a wider conversation about how autistic people are represented and portrayed in popular media. There are veryContinue reading “Autistic representations in the media: The wider conversation”
Category Archives: Autistic Rights
Undiagnosed: inpatient treatment, pre-diagnosis
Something I haven’t spoken about in great detail is the experiences I have had in an inpatient psychiatric facility. There was good and bad in the experience, but unfortunately, itContinue reading “Undiagnosed: inpatient treatment, pre-diagnosis”
My hope for the autistic future
The autistic community and the neurodiversity movement at large has been active online for what has easily been a decade at this point. We have come a long way, establishingContinue reading “My hope for the autistic future”
OPINION: Sia’s “Music” film represents the ableism inherent in todays world
By now I’m sure some of you will have come across discussion surrounding a debut feature film by Sia, if you haven’t, you can read about it here. It hasContinue reading “OPINION: Sia’s “Music” film represents the ableism inherent in todays world”
ABA: A symbol of fear
Over the years many wonderful and brilliant advocates and activists have spoken out against Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) and why the compliance-based therapy is harmful to autistics, but why doContinue reading “ABA: A symbol of fear”
Antivaxxers and Ableism
Back in 1998, a now disgraced former doctor named Andrew Wakefield published a paper called “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children”. In it he alleged thatContinue reading “Antivaxxers and Ableism”
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