Radical Neurodivergence Speaking

When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world


"No, you move."

Monday, September 15, 2014

How dare I? How dare you not?

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When a parent kills an autistic child, it's so predictable. People come out of the woodwork to defend the killer, demand we walk in her ...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Things about working with "emotionally disturbed" children that will break your heart.

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This is a response to the awful, pooooor aduuuuuuults Cracked article about working with "troubled children". I worked in a class...
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Filling a need: Autistic PoC Anthology Crowdfunding Request

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Autistic Women's Network has an exciting, new, first of its kind project: An anthology of writings by autistic people of color (PoC). Ly...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Don't do what the bullies want-or, meaning well isn't always doing well.

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Content note: bullying, bodily fluids, empathy failures. I am writing this mostly about a specific incident, but there are dozens of speci...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Get this bus off me: reaction to Epilepsy Foundation's HOPE mentor training

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I recently (recently ish) went to a training to be able to do epilepsy education presentations. The only information most people have is bad...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

Oppressive language isn't witty invective.

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This is a pattern everywhere, but it really grates on me that it's a pattern in places where people should know better, and in places wh...
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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Remember autistic & person aren't mutually exclusive! Language, again.

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This post is set off by a final straw but there have been a lot of straws since the last time I wrote about person first language. Lots and...
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