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Allyship is a verb. Not a badge.

Allyship is a verb. Not a badge.

Allyship is something you do. Not something you are. The version we are interested in is the one where you changed the meeting time. Read the...

On being newly identified as Autistic.

On being newly identified as Autistic.

You have not become Autistic. You have always been Autistic. What has changed is that you now have a word for it, and a...

The numbers are not the story.

The numbers are not the story.

Autism prevalence is one in a hundred, one in seventy, one in forty-four, depending on who you ask. The numbers vary. They are not the...

Medicine has not been kind.

Medicine has not been kind.

If you are Autistic and have had a bad experience in a medical setting, you are in the majority. Diagnostic overshadowing. Dismissed pain. ED as...

Autism in later life.

Autism in later life.

The late-diagnosis cohort is moving into its sixties and seventies. The generation the literature forgot, ageing into systems built without...

Autism Went Mainstream. The Systems Did Not.

Autism Went Mainstream. The Systems Did Not.

What happened at Think Autism, our Melbourne conference and workshops, and why you should watch it for yourself on Autistic Pride Day – June [...

Autism and school. The first system to fail us.

Autism and school. The first system to fail us.

Most Autistic adults carry school trauma. The classroom as sensory environment. The behavioural layer. School refusal as message, not...

Autistic Pride Day is no longer one day.

Autistic Pride Day is no longer one day.

Autistic Pride Day becomes a year-round platform today, with the launch of a new global portal, a new learning platform, and The Autistic Standard...

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...