#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, #ActuallyAutisticPoets March 14, 2021 March 14, 2021 Autism, Empathy and Alexithymia (The Inability to Recognize One’s Own Emotions) by admin 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…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021 But You Don’t Look Autistic! by admin By Connor Long-Johnson My story begins when I was first diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome in early 2017. I naturally both needed and wanted to…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Covid19, Interviews September 17, 2020 September 17, 2020 How Jackie Anne Blair’s Autism Helps Her be a Better Nurse by admin “I’m often the first to hear alarms. I can differentiate sounds quickly and more easily. My sensitivity to touch helps with palpation during a…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Females and Autism November 14, 2019 July 8, 2020 At the intersection of Neurodivergent and LGBTQ by admin “… the spectrum is truly a color spectrum, It is not one mold that folks fit…” by Sofia Ciniglio My name is Sofia. As…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Autism and Holidays December 19, 2018 December 19, 2018 An “autistic grinch” may be protecting a big heart by admin by W.E.Powers My brothers insisted on opening the presents before we took off for our Christmas out of state. Naturally, it was not Christmas…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Autism Shift August 6, 2018 November 20, 2018 Autistic people & empathy: what’s the real story? by admin Helen Wallace-Iles explains different types of empathy and dispels myths about autism and empathy. By Helen Wallace-Iles So many of the general public believe…
Art/Music, Mental Health September 18, 2017 November 20, 2018 Expressive Healing: Art Therapy for Autistic Children Trying to Understand Grief by admin By Leigh Marcos Loss and grief are a normal part of life. Explaining the concept of death and the grieving process to children can…
Autism - General, Autism Shift, Parent Perspective June 8, 2016 May 27, 2019 It Takes A Child – “There is a myth that children with autism don’t have empathy” Elaine Hall by admin “There is this myth that children with autism don’t have empathy. I’ve found the exact opposite to be true: children with autism are instead…
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