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…
Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Autism and Mental Health Diagnoses
“The question is not what you look at but what you see’’ Henry David Thoreau By Laura Brind Current data tells us that approximately…
Xavier DeGroat: the First White House Intern Diagnosed with Autism
“I’m a relentless guy who goes on and on.” Xavier DeGroat By Ron Sandison Xavier DeGroat is motivated, authentic and relentless. These characteristics enabled…
Inside the Mind of An Aspie: 5 Ways to Stop a Conversation
By Englebert Lau My name is Englebert, and I have a mild case of Asperger’s Syndrome. I made the comics below to help explain…