3 things Maya Angelou taught me about my Autistic Voice
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2d ago
by Temi An I sometimes find myself saddened into silence. Under the weight of grief, the brain signals that are supposed to tell my vocal chords to move don’t make it to their destination. The inertia doesn’t just stop at my throat. My diaphragm heavies up like a two-tonne brick. My lungs pull like sacks of clay. My brain sinks into a marshland, far, far, away, in a galaxy beyond language. But it is in those same moments that my mind is most fruitful. Out of the silence sprout stories and ideas like sunbeams. Stocks of illumination sweet as Louisiana sugarcanes shoot up from the most arid fie ..read more
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Women’s History through Time
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1w ago
by Daniel Antonsson When it comes to women’s history, it took a long time until women started to get a place and a little more attention, the bigger part of the research that was done before the year 0f 1950, did not take in consideration the role that women had played over the years. Women were mostly seen as a male appendage, which is a shame. In the cases when women did occur in the history books they were usually defined from their masculine side. Focus where on history about men, about kings, field lords and war. With the women’s movement starting during the 1960s that with time led to m ..read more
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Why I Love Superheroes: An Autistic Perspective
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2w ago
By Jacinto Morales Nowadays, it’s impossible not to know superheroes, and why wouldn’t you want to know? There is no other genre where talking raccoons, walking trees, and raging green monsters can occupy the same space. Superheroes do not just defy frigid logic and frozen sterility; it burns them, blows them to smithereens, and spit in their eyes. Superheroes are some of the most lively creations of pop culture. My interest in these characters stems from reading Michael Chabon’s enlightening “Kavalier And Clay.” Costumed vigilantes are now my preferred flavor of genre fiction, but, some have ..read more
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Stephen Wiltshire: An Autistic Artist with a Remarkable Gift
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2w ago
By Nils Skudra In studying the lives of Autistic prodigies, I recently learned about Stephen Wiltshire, a British artist of West Indian descent who has earned international renown for his detailed cityscape sketches, drawn entirely from photographic memory. These drawings have become immensely popular throughout the world and are featured in a variety of museums and private and public art collections. I felt that Stephen’s life would be a fascinating topic to profile since there is a widely held perception of Autistic celebrities as primarily white men, while people of color with Autism typic ..read more
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Being Authentic
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2w ago
By Dr. Dan L. Edmunds I encountered a fellow lad who is Autistic. He told me he struggled with fitting in and sometimes prayed to be ‘normal’. He felt many judged him as weird or eccentric. He at times felt lonely and isolated. He was often lacking in confidence. We first began in our dialogue to see if he could identify his strengths and what he may be passionate about. I came to realize he was quite a talented musician but felt his talent was ignored because of misconceptions related to Autism. He laid out what appeared to be a timeline of when he felt he had to accomplish certain things in ..read more
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Love on the Spectrum: Where are all the working-class Aspies?
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3w ago
By Connor Long-Johnson I have recently discovered the joys of the hit Netflix show Love of the Spectrum. Being Autistic and having met my first girlfriend at the age of 25, I am always eager to discover how others with Autism Spectrum Disorder navigate the complicated world of dating and relationships. After watching the pilot episode with my partner, I was hooked. I binged both seasons across two nights and quickly moved on to Love on the Spectrum: Australia to see how those with ASD down under find love. I could not get enough of Dani, Abbey, James and Steve and followed their adventures av ..read more
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Elaine Hall, the Founder of the Miracle Project, Utilizes Art as Pathway to Communication & Discovery
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3w ago
By Ron Sandison “Creative dramatics can be a bridge between the outside world and the inner world. We used what I call “rehearsing for life” with my son whenever we had something new that we needed to do whether it was going on an airplane or to the doctor.” Elaine Hall I was excited on December 3rd to meet Elaine Hall, the founder of the Miracle Project at the World Autism Conference in Loveland, Colorado. I presented a breakout secession on Overcoming a Hopeless Complex: Autism & Mental Health and Elaine presented on Autism and the Arts. I enjoyed listening to her perspective as a ..read more
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Education and Black Role Models
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1M ago
by Daniel Antonsson When it comes to looking back on the history of black people, it is important to give a nuanced picture of all that has happened up to today. You have of course the Civil Rights Act, slavery, Martin Luther King and Obama being elected to be the President of the United States of America. There is black suffering, racism, and the tendency towards a lack of education among teachers when it comes to this subject. It is a big and important part of history, both in the USA and the rest of the world. To give teachers the tools to teach about black history, there needs to be more ..read more
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Poetry: I had a ladder
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1M ago
By Jess I had a ladder Climbed it to the stars Looking for connections If I could see the world from here Like constellations I’ll have the images And the names I’ll understand them Sometimes I think of falling Deep down to the ocean floor Where finding your way around is different And growing fins and gills And time slows down And some creatures outlive us Moving slowly Beneath the earth Beneath the islands Beneath the detracting coral reef Sometimes I’m in the earth Returning to dust Like the one certain thing In life You were a star in the sky Now you’re a speck of dust on the wind An anno ..read more
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Review of Love on the Spectrum: Season 2
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1M ago
By Nils Skudra This weekend I had the opportunity to finish watching the second season of Love on the Spectrum, the acclaimed Netflix miniseries chronicling the dating lives of several individuals on the autism spectrum. Picking up from where the first season left off, this season explores the continuing journey of Dani, Abbey, and James as they pursue their search for romantic partners, as well as introducing three new characters who are also taking their first steps into the world of dating. Since most people on the autism spectrum share the same desire as neurotypical individuals for compa ..read more
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