#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Advocacy, AutisticsofColor July 24, 2018 February 21, 2021 A High School Essay: Passing and Prejudice by admin In honor of #TakeTheMaskOff week The Art of Autism is posting this incredible essay from a 10th grade student recently diagnosed with autism spectrum…
Parent Perspective November 12, 2017 August 24, 2018 He Doesn’t Seem Autistic by admin 1st in the new monthly Art of Autism series of ‘Happy Sawyer’ By Nikki Mann My son is sitting next to me as I…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Females and Autism, Mental Health October 24, 2016 August 25, 2018 Women, shame and Aspergers by admin My feeling of being waste material stuck to my soul early in life, and it’s been my biggest challenge to release that sense of…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Advocacy December 20, 2015 August 24, 2018 Looking Autistic: the positives and pitfalls of passing by admin Autistic people are chronically targets of bullying, discrimination, ableism, domestic violence and time and time again are being murdered by the people who are…
#ActuallyAutistic Perspective, Females and Autism, Mental Health November 15, 2014 November 23, 2018 Jane Strauss speaks to passing – denying one’s identity and the damage it does by admin I often wonder how children brought up with the emphasis on fitting in even survive, why they are not crushed by the weight of…
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