Tag Archives: Neuro Diversity

Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice

Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice Disability Justice in Canada amidst a time of pandemic  Megan Linton   Content notes: genocide, systemic … Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice

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Reimagining the Autistic Mother Tongue

Reimagining the Autistic Mother Tongue  Jane Shi   Content notes: child abandonment, abusive adoptive parents, anti-Asian violence and misogyny, mass… Reimagining the Autistic Mother Tongue

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Non-Autistic Parents: Why We Should Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

As non-autistic parents, we should recognize our privilege as we enter conversations with autistic adults. Non-Autistic Parents: Why We Should Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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Community Partnerships: We Can’t ‘Agree to Disagree’ about ABA

Trigger warning: One hyperlink (when clicked) includes photos of abuse of autistic people. It is flagged with a TW. _____ As an autistic-led … Community Partnerships: We Can’t ‘Agree to Disagree’ about ABA

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Why we oppose ABA in any form

by Autistics for Autistics Ontario Autistics for Autistics opposes ABA in any form, because ABA is founded on a dehumanizing, segregationist approach… Why we oppose ABA in any form

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Strict Compliance Does Not Belong in the Virtual Classroom, Either.

Image description: Common classroom rules that are enforced in virtual classrooms that may be discriminatory towards neurodivergent and disabled … Strict Compliance Does Not Belong in the Virtual Classroom, Either.

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Disability Support in Canada

Resources -websites, pages and people with valuable knowledge. Federal and Provinical Government Links -for disability support in Canada. TED Talks About Autism– Videos from TED Talks about Autism from multiple perspectives. I was diagnosed with Autism over 2 years ago. What I found odd was that there were no Government links for support. I found about some of the Federal

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April is Ableism Awareness Month

For several years, autism organizations led by non-autistic parents and professionals have focused on Autism Awareness in the month of April. … April is Ableism Awareness Month

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Exploiting Autistic Children Online is Not “Cute” or “Family Friendly.”

Image description: Logos and pictures of family vloggers including “Fathering Autism,” “Finding Cooper’s Voice,” and “The Stauffer Life” who have … Exploiting Autistic Children Online is Not “Cute” or “Family Friendly.”

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Good Autistic Advocacy Organizations vs. Bad Autism “Charities”

There are a lot of autism organizations out there, and it can sometimes be difficult to tell which ones are worth supporting, and which are worth … Good Autistic Advocacy Organizations vs. Bad Autism “Charities”

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You are not Alone

I posted this a bit ago on my Fb page 7 shares and reached just under 790 people. I was so shocked that that many saw it….and que a bit of anxiety … You are not Alone

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Ableism, Growth & Abuse (TW for all that)

Growing up I heard a lot of verbal abuse and its been in recent years that I’ve been able to acknowledge some of that abuse came from she who birthed… Ableism, Growth & Abuse (TW for all that)

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Cyber Bullying and Social Media

Here’s the thing, even if they post your name, city and where you work.. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter will not take the posts down. They can call you names like stalker when what you’re doing is only fact checking them. This is what is happening to me right now. Connie Manning CEO/Director of CalmWear has stalked and harassed me. She

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Weekly Roundup! Is Late..

So sorry everyone I know that this weekly round up is late. I got a little distracted by the Facebook page and shenanigans that were going on. Also the weather was absolutely horrible most of the week with snow and rain. There was one nice day, Wednesday where I managed to get a nice walk by the river. I even

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Weekly Roundup!

It’s that time again for a weekly roundup post. This week has been pretty busy with not only meeting my fitness goals, Recaps and of course advocating for my Autistic Goblin self. So let’s start with the fun stuff. Exercise and fitness. The weather started nice this week. So clearly bike rides were in the cards at least for Tuesday

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Next For Autism The Organization

Next for Autism is a charity aimed at parents of Autistic Children as a charity to help them understand and treat their children. You read that right they believe in treating and curing Autism. Don’t worry it made me sick too, so I decided to take a look at the organization myself since Aspergers Autism Friends Society AAFS posted a

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Weekly Roundup!

So it’s been a bit of a busy week. As there was no snow I even managed to get in a couple of bike rides. This is also a little bit of what made the recaps a bit slower because after a workout I was very tired, so apologies if you were waiting on Psych Hunter episode 21 recap but

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The Autistic Brain: Apple Vs. Android

So with April coming up and what should Autism Acceptance Month instead of Autism Awareness Month I thought I would share how I view the difference between a Neuro Typical brain and that of someone with a Neuro Divergent Brain. So I view Neuro Typical brains as Apple. Why? Because their brains can do things smoothly, in boring predictable ways

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