This is what it’s really like to have an autistic child

Autism in Japan

I received an e-mail today from Medium asking people to talk about autism. This isn’t terribly hard for me, considering… I am…

Being a Dad on the Autism Spectrum

I’m Greg, an autistic dad self-diagnosed at age 31. I have twin three year olds, one of whom is autistic. I’m new to the autism community only in the sense that my son introduced my partner Meg and I to a world we didn’t know much about. Like many adults on the autism…

The case of the fluctuating functioning levels

It’s near on impossible to avoid hearing or reading the words High Functioning Autism/Autistic. Regardless of their validity or inadequacy at actually describing anything you will hear them in the autism world. You can hear them in many different…

The Bluest Balloon: When Social Justice Fails Our Most Vulnerable

First Impressions

I’ve been trying to think of an appropriate subject for my first post in the autistic community. I decided to focus on meetings and first impressions, partially because that’s what this post is, in essence, and also because they are so difficult for me to manage.

I am sovereign, always.

Content note: Mention of rape culture, coercion, abuse

Why Care About Disability Community?

Whether you want to get people to purchase a product or get excited about an idea, the hardest part is step zero: getting them to want the thing you have to begin with. This is where I find myself as I try to grow my disability group beyond the kind of student that…

Autism Advice Is Iffy, So Just Do Your Best

I don’t know many people whose mental image of an autistic adult is a twenty-something in an airport reluctantly entrusting a suitcase full of clothes to American Airlines, credit card and driver’s license at the ready, but that was my reality a few…

I Fear for My Fellow Autistic People: On Media Misrepresentation

media representation can have dangerous consequences

Recently, a piece appeared in a major news outlet. The main premise of the article described a mother’s…