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Category Archives: Opinion
Dear Autist: Forgiving Your Family? NOT a Cosmic Rule… (podcast)
Not forgiving your abusers does NOT mean you are a “bad autist.”
You are a survivor. (podcast w/transcript).
Podcast: Millennial Friends: You. Are. Right… Question EveryTHING.
Whether the world you were born into works for you… or not…
You may find some words here that mean something…
Millennial Friends: You. Are. Right… Question EveryTHING. (Transcript)
Podcast here… Millennial culture is my favorite on Earth. And autistic Millenials…? I identify with them like no others. I talk with autistics who are staring at turning 30… or 40… every day. Smart. Educated. Eyes wide open…Yet bewildered. Uncertain. Some think they’ve done something wrong… but can’t figure out what. But some are… mad.Continue reading “Millennial Friends: You. Are. Right… Question EveryTHING. (Transcript)”
Autism in Art — Gallery: “Remember,” Autists & Violence
I’ve been working on a long-term project. A series of portraits of autists who experienced violence at the hands of the police, strangers, friends… family.
Rethinking AutiticAF… & My Social Media
Personal post about rethinking my direction…
AutisticAF: The Week in Police & Autism 3/28/21
Weekly roundup of interactions between autists… and cops. Violence, positive support, personal stories, legislation, registries, opinion…
AutisticAF Link Roundup 03/28/21: Autism, Politics, Pop Culture
This week hate crimes against autists, disability rights, autistic inspiration, #StopAutisticHate… plus some cool nerdy stuff.
Share: An Autist Writes Their Mayor
It’s crazy that an autistic has to call a mayor & beg for training for first responders.
AutisticAF: The Week in Police & Autism 3/21/21
Weekly roundup of interactions between autists… and cops. Violence, positive support, personal stories, legislation, registries, opinion…
AutisticAF: The Week in Police & Autism 3/14/21
Weekly roundup of interactions between autists… and cops. Violence, positive support, personal stories, legislation, registries, opinion…
Cops Abuse Autist… Raising Scary Constitutional Issues
Extraordinary case…. “human services” used as a codeword for police brutality.
Global Newsflash: We’re Autistic. Not Mentally Ill.
Autism isn’t a mental illness. And meltdowns are not a symptom of disease. Either way…
Please don’t shoot us…?
📰🚨🔥🗞️Opinion: Accept Autism. Don’t Register it.
Information gathered by the government… most especially the police or Justice Department… always ends up being used for punitive purposes…
🚨🔥BREAKING🔥🚨… Autist Found Guilty of Mass Murder… Good.
Autist found guilty of mass murder…
Good.
Training Cops NOT to Shoot Autistic Folks…? DOES. NOT. WORK.
Iowa City feels good about itself this morning…
The autists who live there shouldn’t…
A Buddha, an Autist & a Chicken Go into a Costco: A No Joke
Costco roasted chickens cost you just $4.99.
Read what it costs the chicken.
Dear Autist: Forgiving Your Family? NOT a Cosmic Rule…
Forgiving abusers… as much as SOME therapists, pop psychologists, and self-help gurus insist on it…
Is NOT a Cosmic Rule.
Opinion: Autists Need Safety from Cops… Not ID Papers
We autists aren’t the problem.
Killer cops are.
Autism in Art: America Enters the Bardö, Trump Departs
In Tibetan Buddhism, a “bardö” is the intermediate gap we experience between death and rebirth… Said to be, for most, a foggy, confusing, dreamlike state… lost… abandoned… fear… desire… hope… The world has been obsessed with Donald J. Trump for 5 years. Nervously checking our phones dozens of times a day… What has he doneContinue reading “Autism in Art: America Enters the Bardö, Trump Departs”
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