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Month: October 2019

Parody: 50 Shades of ABA

2019-10-31
By: Emily Wade, BCBA
On: October 31, 2019
In: Allies, Autism, Creative, Humor, Treatments
With: 3 Comments
Travis almost didn’t notice the warm hand that was gently massaging his shoulder.

Coming to Terms with an Autism Diagnosis: Sam Stein interviews Rees Finlay about his Upcoming Graphic Novella

2019-10-31
By: Yo Samdy Sam
On: October 31, 2019
In: Autism, Being diagnosed, Creative, Memoirs, Visual art, YouTube
With: 1 Comment
Sam Stein interviews Rees Finlay about his upcoming graphic novella in which he outlines the process of coming to terms with his autism diagnosis. Hilarious, relatable, real.

FatheringAutism: Does YouTube’s Biggest Autism Channel Really Deserve the Accolades?

2019-10-30
By: Joie the MAD scientist
On: October 30, 2019
In: Autism, Harmful "advocacy", Justice
With: 11 Comments
YouTube's biggest autism-related channel is Fathering Autism and chronicles the Maas family. Does it really help autistic people?

Autistic Meltdowns: From the Inside

2019-10-29
By: Mike Wise
On: October 29, 2019
In: Autism, Experiences, Mental health and trauma, Self-Help
With: 6 Comments

It wasn’t a bad day, in fact it was pretty good.  I had worked a little overtime and was bringing some dinner home to my wife.

… Read more “Autistic Meltdowns: From the Inside”

The Horror of Task Interruption – 12 Neurodiverse People Explain the Unbearable Feeling of Being Ripped Away from Their Thoughts

2019-10-29
By: Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
On: October 29, 2019
In: Autism, Communication, Information, Perception, Relationships, Sensory
With: 0 Comments
Autistic people have difficulty with being interrupted, and this is often considered to be rigidity or related to emotion regulation. The truth is complicated.

Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical Narrative

2019-10-29
By: Katelyn
On: October 29, 2019
In: Autism, Education, Experiences, Mental health and trauma
With: 4 Comments
Anxious people don’t need to be thrown into the metaphorical lion’s den to be cured of their anxiety. What we do need is to be listened to, respected, cared for and about...

Take the Long Way Home: Late Diagnosis and Becoming an Autistic Elder

2019-10-28
By: AspieJedi
On: October 28, 2019
In: Autism, Experiences, Identity, Masking
With: 15 Comments
Being a late diagnosed Autistic can be really hard. When I get sad pondering it, there is one stanza from Supertramp that seems to best sum up what I feel, and help me work through it.
Adult woman laying on colorful rainbow rug with boy solving word problems with coloful magnet letters.

Announcement: SLP Neurodiversity Collective Important Bulletin

2019-10-28
By: The Aspergian
On: October 28, 2019
In: Autism, Information, News
With: 0 Comments
We are pleased to host this important post and announce our endorsement of the SLP Neurodiversity Collective as powerful allies of the autistic community.

Becoming an ABA Registered Behavior Technician Before Knowing I Was Autistic: Part 1 – Restraint Training

2019-10-23
By: Terra Vance
On: October 23, 2019
In: Autism, Children, Treatments
With: 10 Comments
Before finding out she was autistic, one woman took a job as a registered behavior technician to provide ABA therapy to autistic kids. This is how training went.

What CAN be misunderstood WILL be misunderstood

2019-10-22
By: Jorn Bettin
On: October 22, 2019
In: Autism, Communication, Masking
With: 1 Comment

Autistic social motivation is deeply rooted in the desire to share knowledge and in the desire to learn, and this has big implications for the protocols that are used in autistic communication. 

… Read more “What CAN be misunderstood WILL be misunderstood”

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