Autistic & Divergent News

Autistic & Divergent News

A look at the latest Autistic and divergent news and happenings from around the world.

Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint

• The memories will haunt me
  April 22, 2022 by Guest Blogger
• Virtual Training Event: Restraint and Seclusion – Why now is the time to do something different
  April 14, 2022 by Guy Stephens
• An Avoidable Crisis: The Keeping All Students Safe Act (Part 3)
  April 14, 2022 by Guy Stephens
• An Avoidable Crisis: The Unlucky Ones (Part 2)
  April 9, 2022 by Guest Blogger
• An Avoidable Crisis: The Focus on Compliance (Part 1)
  April 3, 2022 by Guest Blogger
• Don’t punish us for being autistic
  March 26, 2022 by Guest Blogger

Aucademy

• Functioning burnout: can’t stop, won’t stop
  April 8, 2022 by autisticltd
• Autistic shields, Autistic communities
  March 24, 2022 by autisticltd
• Grace Liu – Approaching Autistic Adulthood: The Road Less Travelled.
  March 23, 2022 by autisticltd
• Autistic theories of Autistic experience
  March 17, 2022 by Aucademy
• De-centering the ‘male’ Autistic experience
  March 15, 2022 by autisticltd
• Autistic April: Aucademy downloadable educational posters to share this April (& all year!)
  March 14, 2022 by Aucademy

Autistic Collaboration

• Autistic ways of being, trauma, and diagnosis
  May 8, 2022 by Jorn Bettin
• Co-creating Autistic / ND communities
  April 1, 2022 by jornandulku
• Depowered feral Autistic relationships
  March 4, 2022 by jornandulku
• Open letter to the Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism
  February 14, 2022 by Jorn Bettin
• The Autistic pace of life in the ocean
  February 13, 2022 by Jorn Bettin
• From pseudo-philosophical psychiatrists to openly Autistic culture
  December 27, 2021 by Jorn Bettin

Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM)

• Emma Spoke to a Group of Parents of Autistic Children at a School in Sidcup
  May 14, 2022 by Aviva Seigler
• Lovely to See Our Patron Dave Courtney and Brendan at Our AIM Thursday Group
  May 14, 2022 by Aviva Seigler
• Drag Queen Story Hour UK At AIM!
  May 14, 2022 by Aviva Seigler
• Good Friday with Charlton Athletic Trust
  April 24, 2022 by Aviva Seigler
• Backstage Visit to BKB
  April 24, 2022 by Aviva Seigler
• We are Honoured to Have Nominated for the National Diversity Awards
  April 8, 2022 by Aviva Seigler

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• Action Alert: ABAI endorses torture, and we can’t let them rest.
  May 24, 2022 by Meredith Bartley
• ASAN Statement on Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
  May 18, 2022 by Noor Pervez
• Job Opening: Programs Associate
  May 16, 2022 by DeanStrauss
• The Pandemic is Not Over: Understanding the new CDC COVID-19 Community Levels Tool
  May 12, 2022 by DeanStrauss
• ASAN Endorses New York Bill to Stop The Shock
  May 4, 2022 by Noor Pervez
• Action Alert: New York residents, help Stop The Shock!
  May 4, 2022 by Noor Pervez

Autistic Strategies Network

• Aggression in autistic children: Resources
  April 24, 2022 by Tania Melnyczuk
• Nonspeaking autists on radio
  April 1, 2022 by Tania Melnyczuk
• Messages for Autism Awareness Month 2022
  March 29, 2022 by Tania Melnyczuk
• A call to ban ABA: Panel at the Global Disability Summit
  February 16, 2022 by Tania Melnyczuk
• Very controlling
  December 8, 2021 by Tania Melnyczuk
• “AUTISTIC” JUST SAY “AUTISTIC”
  December 8, 2021 by Tania Melnyczuk

Autistic UK

• Autistic mothers’ experiences of breast- and formula- feeding babies: what does the evidence say?
  April 11, 2022 by Kat Williams
• LETTER TO KIRSTY WILLIAMS MS REGARDING THE GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS RETURNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  June 21, 2021 by Autistic UK
• JUNE 2020 NEWSLETTER
  June 21, 2021 by Autistic UK
• RESPONSE FROM KIRSTY WILLIAMS
  June 21, 2021 by Autistic UK
• ONLINE FOCUS GROUP PILOT SCHEME
  June 21, 2021 by Autistic UK
• HUB PROVISION FOR STATEMENTED CHILDREN – SURVEY ANALYSIS
  June 21, 2021 by Kat Williams

European Council of Autistic Persons (EUCAP)

• Founder of Autistic Doctors International appointed as Advisor for EUCAP
  May 6, 2022 by heta pukki
• Autistic community takes steps forward in Croatia
  April 17, 2022 by heta pukki
• Call to ensure the protection of Ukrainian autistic people
  March 3, 2022 by heta pukki
• Responding to the Lancet Commission – article available as preprint
  March 2, 2022 by heta pukki
• Open letter to the Lancet Commission – links and language versions
  February 18, 2022 by heta pukki
• Participating in global discussion about autism research
  February 14, 2022 by heta pukki

Foundation For Divergent Minds

• Year End & Future Goals
  January 1, 2022 by Oswin
• Statement on Rachel Dorsey, SLP and Learn Play Thrive’s plagiarism, appropriation, and erasure of BIPoC Autistic content
  November 12, 2021 by Oswin
• Equity and Justice for the Autistic Community
  June 4, 2021 by Oswin
• Keeping Your Disabled Kids Safe and Happy this Holiday Season
  November 2, 2020 by Shalia Martin
• Neurodiversity is Respect
  October 18, 2020 by Carly Nelson
• Neurodiversity is Access
  August 29, 2020 by Carly Nelson

International Coalition Against Restraint & Seclusion

• The normalization of restraint in mainstream media.
  January 29, 2022 by International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion (ICARS)
• Autistic Advocates and Behavior Therapy Industry Professionals Join Forces to #StopTheShock
  August 26, 2021 by Adam Lodestone
• Restraint and Seclusion: My nine-year-old attempted suicide at school. Twice.
  August 9, 2021 by lampmand
• ICARS Joins Families In Demanding Public Inquiries
  June 30, 2021 by International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion (ICARS)
• Seclusion, Isolation, and a Student in the School Library
  June 19, 2021 by AFeralWolfChild
• Scotland Leads The Way: A Decade Of Determination And Progress In The Fight To Protect Children
  June 17, 2021 by International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion (ICARS)

London Autistics Standing Together (LAST)

• An open letter to Kismutt Rescue from Autistic adults in London Ontario:
  March 26, 2022 by Manidoo Makwa Kwe
• Call For Participants: Determining Priorities For Research in London Ontario
  October 3, 2021 by Manidoo Makwa Kwe
• Statement of Solidarity
  June 8, 2021 by Manidoo Makwa Kwe
• #215children: Standing Against Genocide, Standing Against Eugenics
  June 3, 2021 by LAST
• “My brain is different than yours”: Making Autism and Cripping Romance in CBS’s Elementary
  July 15, 2020 by Manidoo Makwa Kwe
• A Message of Solidarity
  June 30, 2020 by Manidoo Makwa Kwe

Neuroclastic

• Press Release: Judge Rotenberg Center Threatens NeuroClastic with Defamation Suit
  May 10, 2022 by NeuroClastic
• Autistic ways of being, trauma, and diagnosis
  May 9, 2022 by Jorn Bettin
• Free PDF download: Thin Slice Judgements and The Different World Autistics Inhabit
  May 5, 2022 by Terra Vance
• LONG-READ – Autistic While Black in the UK: Masking, Codeswitching, and Other (Non)fictions
  April 28, 2022 by Tré Ventour-Griffiths
• The Performance of April and Autism Awareness Month
  April 28, 2022 by Emmanuel
• Mental Health: Focusing Beyond the Individual
  April 21, 2022 by Max Taylor

Stimpunks Foundation

• Missed in Childhood: Nearly All Autistic and ADHD Women
  May 22, 2022 by Ryan Boren
• May 2022, so far, at Stimpunks: New Pages for the Website
  May 14, 2022 by Ryan Boren
• Vendetta Music Fest (and everyone else) vs. Our Loved People: They’re Promoting and Funding Ableism in Our Name
  March 19, 2022 by Ryan Boren
• Stimpunks and Vancerts Presents: The Bobby Lees and Forty Feet Tall
  March 17, 2022 by Ryan Boren
• Graph of an Autistic Heart Confronting Injustice
  March 16, 2022 by Ryan Boren
• The Benevolence of Surrender: Connected, Trusting Relationships
  March 7, 2022 by Ryan Boren

Therapist Neurodiversity Collective

• Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy: Positions, Therapy Goals, and Best Practices
  April 5, 2022 by Julie Roberts, M.S. CCC-SLP
• Influencer Therapists: Dubious Ethics & Poor Quality Services
  March 18, 2022 by Guest Author
• Ableism in Speech Pathology
  January 24, 2022 by Guest Author
• Case Study in Neurodiversity-Affirming Care: A Toddler with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
  December 21, 2021 by Guest Author
• A Parent’s Guide to Respectful Feeding Therapy: Part 2
  November 20, 2021 by Guest Author
• A Parent’s Guide to Respectful Feeding Therapy – Part 1
  November 19, 2021 by Guest Author

Thinking Person’s Guide To Autism (TPGA)

• How to Make Your Workplace More Neurodiversity-Inclusive
  May 13, 2022 by Luce Greenwood
• Son-Rise, ABA, and The Problems of the Autism Therapy Industry
  May 3, 2022 by Anne Borden
• April and Accommodations: Don’t Make Me Make Eye Contact!
  April 30, 2022 by Ira Eidle
• How Author Sarah Kapit Writes Authentic Autistic Kid Lit Characters
  April 29, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa
• Understanding How Routines Can Help Autistic People
  April 27, 2022 by Fergus Murray
• April and Accommodations: Stop Talking to Me Like I’m a Child!
  April 26, 2022 by Lummine

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