Tag: aspergers
How and Why Neurotypicals Misunderstand and Mistreat Autistic People
Commonly used autism interventions, such as ABA, have been found to be both ineffective and abusive, inflicting trauma on those subjected to them.
To the Young Person Who Doesnât Identify with Their Disability Diagnosis...
Your diagnosis should serve YOU. Not your parents, your doctors, your teachers, or the next door neighbor. We should be fighting for a future where the person being labeled has the ultimate say over how doctors and therapists view them.
Insane Medicine, Chapter 4: The Manufacture of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Part...
Because the âscientistsâ who study, categorise, and establish guidelines for autism canât find anything definitive, they resort to scientism. Over time, it becomes part of our cultural âcommon sense.â
