An Autistic Perspective: Top tips for what to do and what not to do for ASD kids and teens!
byThere are times when caregivers, family members or total strangers speak up before we have answered the question ourselves. While we are trying hard…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective
Blog posts from #ActuallyAutistic people. In 2018 the Art of Autism started paying neurodivergent bloggers.
Why the tech industry needs More Autists
byBy John Siegers These days, I constantly stumble on articles arguing for why we need more women, more Black people or more gay people…
Leanne’s perspective – it’s time to recognize us
byDisability History week is in October. October is also Disability Employment Month Disability history is important because it’s my history. It’s something that I…
How #Autism has made me an exceptional childcare worker
bySince I was a teenager, I found I could relate to children a lot better than to adults. In my career as a childcare…
An Autistic Perspective: Life Lessons and Basement Babies
by“I now crave and even ‘hoard’ the new life lessons I seek.” Dan Gross By Dan Gross The unemployment rate of people with autism…
What does heightened sensitivity mean to an Aspie?
byBy Sir Ashley Smith Textures, taste and touch; all the fantastic things about being autistic – or is it? One thing people know firstly…
On Being the Psychic Autist
byWhether a message came from the sun, the moon, the stars, the rain, an animal crossing one’s path, a bird in flight, or a…
Sitting for Aspergers
byZazen means “sitting.” Shikantaza means “just sitting.” In Shikantaza one does not pay focused attention towards breathing, or silent chanting, or any other mental…