Following on from her captivating piece on Synaesthesia, Dr Penny Rowan writes of how stumbling on a little-known Facebook group of International Autistic Doctors and connecting with her neurokin gave her the strength to embrace her Autistic identity, and the motivation to challenge the discrimination that can exist in the medical profession.
Very often we think of the Autism spectrum as a two-dimensional straight line. In this piece, Dr Melanie Heyworth discusses the flawed notion of a linear spectrum and puts forward an alternative analogy to capture the complexity, the fluidity of the Autism spectrum.
In recent years, it has become widely accepted that there is a considerable overlap between the Autistic and the LGBTIQA+ communities. However, a corresponding effort to support the Autistic-LGBTIQA+ community has not been forthcoming. Read Reframing Autism’s full position statement on Autistic-LGBTIQA+ identity.
A tip sheet for talking to your child, and their friends, peers, and family, about Autism – Vietnamese translation.
A tip sheet for talking to your child, and their friends, peers, and family, about Autism – Mandarin translation.
A tip sheet for talking to your child, and their friends, peers, and family, about Autism – Arabic translation.
Autistic advocate and guest blogger Katharine Annear explores the history of the Autistic self-advocacy movement in Australia and some of the key aspects of making one’s voice heard.
Our simple, effective and Autistically informed Meltdown Response Plan will have you responding compassionately during your loved one’s meltdown, rather than adding to their overwhelm.
The latest in our series of summaries of significant research studies concerning our community, this piece helps non-academics to understand Vikram Jaswal and Nameera Akhtar’s work on Autistic social motivation.
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