Autistic & Divergent Voices A Series of Essays on Hmong and Disability for Asian American Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month AWN.org This blog is originally part of Nancy Yang’s work as a Master’s student at CUNY School of Professional Studies. It is a series of essays on Hmong and disability, and it is an …
Misdiagnosed And Disabled: My Reality Due To Inadequate Healthcare For Autistics
By Eve Reiland Eve Reiland What would Autistic healthcare look like today if parent-centered autism organizations didn’t push their agendas with autism interventions and research for a cure, and instead focused on supporting Autistics throughout their …
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Autistic Health: Improving Healthcare Experience For Autistics, Substance Use Survey & More
Autistic & Divergent Voices Autistic Substance Use Survey 2022 Emergent Divergence This a survey on Autistic people and substance use. The aim is to collate data anonymously on the use of drugs and alcohol in the Autistic …
Autistic Voices: From Mental Health And The Neurodiversity Paradigm To Autistic Burnout
Autistic & Divergent Voices http://emergentdivergence.com/2022/05/09/mental-health-and-the-neurodiversity-paradigm/ Mental health and the neurodiversity paradigm By David Gray-Hammond at Emergent Divergence When considering the landscape of mental health, we also have to consider the normalisation of stigma and the dehumanisation of …
Access To The ER – A Basic Missing in Autistic Healthcare
By Eve Reiland Eve Reiland On the first day of Autism Awareness month this year, I got eight hours of emergency room sensory hell. It astounds me every April the amount of blue being shined in the name …
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Autistic Voices & More On Healthcare | April 2022
Autistic & Divergent Voices On the Impossibility of Getting Medical and Mental Health Care as an Autistic, Deaf, Black Woman with Chronic Illness Neuroclastic: https://neuroclastic.com/ GenesizC at Neuroclastic Hey Lovelies, Let’s talk about disbelief. What does that look like? …
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ASAN | Make Your Voice Heard For HCBS & ASAN Supports The Health Equity And Accountability Act | April 2022
Action Alert: Make your voice heard for HCBS now! Autistic Self Advocacy Network ASAN All too often, people with disabilities are told we aren’t worth investing in—but we know that our community deserves the supports …