Not forgiving your abusers does NOT mean you are a “bad autist.”
You are a survivor. (podcast w/transcript).
Category: Opinion
Whether the world you were born into works for you… or not…
You may find some words here that mean something…
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. […]
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.
Personal post about rethinking my direction…
Weekly roundup of interactions between autists… and cops. Violence, positive support, personal stories, legislation, registries, opinion…
This week hate crimes against autists, disability rights, autistic inspiration, #StopAutisticHate… plus some cool nerdy stuff.
It’s crazy that an autistic has to call a mayor & beg for training for first responders.
Weekly roundup of interactions between autists… and cops. Violence, positive support, personal stories, legislation, registries, opinion…
Weekly roundup of interactions between autists… and cops. Violence, positive support, personal stories, legislation, registries, opinion…
Extraordinary case…. “human services” used as a codeword for police brutality.
Autism isn’t a mental illness. And meltdowns are not a symptom of disease. Either way…
Please don’t shoot us…?
Information gathered by the government… most especially the police or Justice Department… always ends up being used for punitive purposes…
Autist found guilty of mass murder…
Good.
Iowa City feels good about itself this morning…
The autists who live there shouldn’t…
Costco roasted chickens cost you just $4.99.
Read what it costs the chicken.
Forgiving abusers… as much as SOME therapists, pop psychologists, and self-help gurus insist on it…
Is NOT a Cosmic Rule.
We autists aren’t the problem.
Killer cops are.
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 done […]
No human services should be delivered by someone packing a gun…
There’s no excuse for deadly mistakes… delivering human services.
