[Noël] Curebies and Integration Evangelists
I have noticed disturbing similarities between nonautistic people who are hellbent on finding a cure for autism, and nonplurals who evangelise integration as the universal treatment for all plurality,...
View Article[Kerry] Autism and the Ideal Student™ Construct
A lot of teachers, educational staff and university admissions officers have this image of what an ‘ideal student’ should be. I think you all know the type? Perfect or near-perfect GPAs, dozens of...
View Article[Kerry] The Problem with Some ‘Autism Parents’
There are two types of problematic parents we’ve noticed: those that infantilise their children, incapable of seeing that their children are people and can self-advocate, and those parents who are...
View Article[James and Kerry] Why We’re Voting Against Romney
Most people who know us well know that we’re not overfond of the Republicans, especially in their current incarnation. Mitt Romney’s platform is founded on the fallacious idea that anyone can pull...
View Article[Kerry] Autistic Gender Stereotypes
[The language used in this article is a bit messy, but I don't want to marginalise trans and genderqueer people, so I will try to draw distinctions between gender stereotypes, actual gender identity...
View Article[James] “Unlocking” Autism?
I was reading about Carly Fleischmann, an autistic teenager who gained the ability to communicate with other people using her computer, and I noticed that much of the commentary on her father’s book...
View Article[Kerry] Really, now? Diversity, Stereotype Threat and Conservative...
About a month ago, the conservative designer and blogger Andy Rutledge wrote an article called ‘Design’s Cult of Diversity‘, which was in response to an article written by Sarah Wachter-Boettcher,...
View Article[Kerry, James and Darwin] Articles that you should probably read.
‘I Was One of the Scary Kids‘ at Cracked Mirror in Shalott (content warning: abuse, violence, Newtown shootings) ‘Autism, Empathy and the “R-Word“‘, at Thirty Days of Autism ‘Change Only Comes to...
View Article[Kerry] Adults, Autism and Assumptions
There’s this assumption that every single autistic adult has support from family members, or that every autistic person’s family members are willing to support their child after they reach a certain...
View Article[Kerry] Autistic Ability Stereotypes
There is just one stereotype about autistic people that will not die: the idea that we’re all geniuses at maths, technology and science. I think some of this comes from the stereotyped, sexist ideas...
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