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Parenting an Autistic child. First, believe them.

Parenting an Autistic child. First, believe them.

Most parenting advice is written for the parent's anxiety, not the child's life. Believe them. Do not outsource the parenting to a...

Autistic parents.

Autistic parents.

Plenty of books on parenting an Autistic child. Few on being a parent who is Autistic. The texture, the costs, what the deficit literature...

Autistic children do not lack social skills. They have different ones.

Autistic children do not lack social skills. They have different ones.

Autistic children do not lack social skills. They have Autistic ones. Recognising what play, friendship, and communication look like on their...

Non-speaking is not non-thinking.

Non-speaking is not non-thinking.

Some of us do not speak. Some of us speak on good days and not on bad ones. None of this is a measure of intelligence or inner...

Autism and sleep. Why the night is loud.

Autism and sleep. Why the night is loud.

Sixty to eighty per cent of Autistic people sleep poorly. The reasons sit across sensory, circadian, and cognitive layers. Generic sleep advice often misses...

Autism and the internet.

Autism and the internet.

The internet was built by people with our brain. Online space has always been more Autistic than offline. Where we found each...

Autistic relationships. Love on our own terms.

Autistic relationships. Love on our own terms.

Autistic relationships do not look like what the magazines describe. The magazines are describing non-Autistic relationships. We have been reading them our whole lives...

Autistic culture.

Autistic culture.

Autistic culture exists. Humour, hospitality rules, sensory rituals, shared references, evolving language. A community that has been talking to itself for...

Autistic special interests. The thing we are told to apologise for.

Autistic special interests. The thing we are told to apologise for.

A SPIN is not a hobby. Not a phase. Not restricted interest. It is a mode of engagement that produces our best work and most of our...