Steve Silberman Profiles Aspergirl Rudy Simone
Steve Silberman, who is for my money the best and most sensitive NT journalist when it comes to writing about people with autism, has written a great profile of Rudy Simone, who wrote the book...
View ArticleAutistics Speaking Day: 25 Things I Know
I read many of the pieces that people wrote for Autistics Speaking Day, but the one that moved me most was Corina Becker's "25 Things I Know as an Autistic Person." Here's Number 12:I know there are...
View ArticleArticles to Read if You Think You Have Aspergers
There is no shortage of good articles and short essays about autism. You can come back to this site every day and find interesting pieces about people on the autism spectrum and the challenges of our...
View ArticleForrest Sargent: Autistic Photographer
One of Forrest Sargent's remarkable photographs Steve Silberman, who I think is the best journalist writing about people with autism, describes a brilliant young photographer in a piece called Hidden...
View ArticleLoving Lampposts: The Autism Movie We've Been Waiting For?
Buy Loving Lampposts at the thAutcast Amazon Store or download the movie on iTunes. I've already ordered Todd Drezner's new film Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic, which comes out on DVD today, based...
View ArticleJohn Elder Robison and Discrimination
A couple of days after I posted the piece I in which called him "an autistic saint," John Elder Robison was featured in a fascinating piece by Steve Silberman:John Elder Robison would stand out in a...
View ArticleSeven-Year-Old Blogger Explores "Life Before the Dinosaurs," I Change my...
Intererested in the earliest life that existed on Earth? How about the amazing things that people with autism can do?Then check out Life Before the Dinosaurs.This is how its creator describes...
View ArticleAri Ne'eman on the Power of Autistic Community
I do not believe there is anyone who understands the needs of the autism community better than Ari Ne'eman, the president of the Autistic Self-Advocy network. In recognition of Autistics Speaking Day,...
View Article"Non-Human Persons": The Shiny, Happy Side of Neurotypical Bigotry
Neurotypical experts come at autism from different points of attack, and the place they start from always matters very much. George Dvorsky is "the founder and chair of the IEET's Rights of Non-Human...
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