Another day, another post about ABA Therapy. For real, though, ABA therapy is one of the most widely debated topics in the autism community, and I’m here (AGAIN) adding my thoughts to the pile. See, the other day there was a post in my Embracing Autism Community where a parent saw ABA therapy as their […]
April is basically the Super Bowl of autism. And the problem is that harmful organizations like Autism Speaks and Spark and ABA Lobbyists are the Giants with billion-dollar ad budgets. They are one team in the Super Bowl of autism. And then there are the Autistic advocates, and we’re the other team in April, the […]
If you hang around my corner of the interwebs, you hear about ableism a LOT. And it’s for good reason—because nearly everywhere else on the interwebs completely ignores ableism. But lately, I’ve noticed a lot of perfectionist views on ableism. There are a lot of people who hold pride in being not-ableist, and they believe […]
It’s almost April, and you’re about to be inundated with posts about autism. You’ll see posts that call you to Light it Up Blue, support Autism Speaks, and don puzzle pieces. Then you’ll see posts telling you that all of those things are totally wrong and you shouldn’t do them. (I know, I write many […]
(Inside: Please do not light it up blue for my son for Autism Awareness day. There are so many ways to help autistic people, but that is not one of them!) We are getting close to Autism Awareness Month, and I should be ecstatic. I am supposed to be sooooo excited that for one month the whole […]
In my community, I have an extremely strict “no ableism” rule. It’s designed to keep a safe space for Autistics so that parents can learn from the Autistic experience. But oftentimes, well-meaning parents say something ableist without realizing that it’s ableist. Here’s the deal: we weren’t taught this in school! Most of us were taught […]
