Greta Thunberg: I’m Very Proud to Be Autistic #WorldAutismAwarenessDay
Today Greta Thunberg posted the following on her Facebook page. Today is #AutismAwarenessDay. At the age of 12 I was diagnosed with Asperger, a…
A March Call for Action As We Celebrate Women’s History and Developmental Disability Awareness
As advocates we must embrace intersectionality in all we do because no movement’s issues are isolated issues. By Nicole LeBlanc As we celebrate Women’s…
Endangered Species: Orangutan
By Matt Valente Orangutan means man of the forest, But man is busy destroying their forest. Oh the Irony! You ask why? Mainly in…
Love on the Spectrum in Real Time
Is it break-up, make-up or wake-up? by Joel Ashton-Fogle Love is confusing at the best of times. This accounts for the huge industry of…
Poetry by Scott Norman Rosenthal
By Scott Norman Rosenthal “The Malingerer Goes to the Movies,” (a Dis-Ability Coming-Out poem, for Colin Kempner, and Judith Wright) 1. You’re sitting there,…
Casting Call for Television Show About Autism and Dating
Northern Pictures is looking for single autistic people and couples for a new U.S. documentary about autism and dating. Email production@northernpictures.com.au See flyer below.
Autism, Empathy and Alexithymia (The Inability to Recognize One’s Own Emotions)
By Clare Smith What makes us human? Autistic people already know that one of the enduring myths about us is that we don’t do…
The Reason I Jump Challenges the Myth that Autistic People Have No Emotions or Imaginative Life
By Nils Skudra This week I had the opportunity to watch Jerry Rothwell’s documentary The Reason I Jump, a profoundly compelling commentary on the…