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The harmful ableist language you unknowingly use

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210330-the-harmful-ableist-language-you-unknowingly-use

Self-Declaration of Disability

At 23, I read over my medical records for the first time and discovered that 8 years prior, my doctor had referred me for an autism assessment. This referral was rejected by the man in charge without even so much as taking the time to meet me. He “wasn’t convinced”. It’s difficult not to feel […]

“Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2019.0079

Critic of the Dawn by Cal Montgomery

The incantations that invoke Mary, call her up to stand between me and the world, are variations on a theme: I am the same. Bruce is banished. The incantations that invoke Bruce and banish Mary are variations on a different theme: I am different. “Same as what?” you ask. “Different from what?” The reference point […]

A Guide to Understanding Your Autistic Child

A Guide to Understanding Your Autistic Child

How To Recruit Disabled Talent: Making It Safe To Disclose

When trying to decide if your business is a good fit, ableist microaggressions can be a red flag to a disabled candidate. Comments like “you don’t look Autistic” or “I can’t believe you are dyslexic your application was so good” may be well intentioned but the subtle implications of such statements suggest that you think […]

How person-first language isolates disabled people

https://blog.usejournal.com/how-person-first-language-isolates-disabled-people-61a681a4fac4#:~:text=Using%20person%2Dfirst%20language%20for,central%20to%20who%20we%20are

Book review: Diagnostic Cultures.

first chapter, entitled ‘the spread of diagnostic culture’, starts with the provocative statement that each year in Western countries, around a quarter of the population will suffer with a mental disorder. Should we interpret this as evidence for the progress of psychiatry in identifying and treating mental illnesses that have always existed? Alternatively, might it […]

Is Hiring Autistic Male Coders Neurodiversity Inclusion Or Exploitation?

Inclusion at the systemic level is seeing beyond categories, not just expanding the categories on which to focus. We’re not “doing neurodiversity this year” when we recruit white male coders, having focused on women or LGBTQ last year. Systemic inclusion is where we start to match ALL job competencies to people’s strengths and we reduce […]

Misc ADHD resources

(Under construction) ===== – Inattention: For many girls with ADHD, maintaining concentration is a constant struggle. They may have trouble focusing long enough to complete tasks both at home and at school. Don’t be thrown off by hyperfocus. Some people with ADHD are capable of focusing endlessly on things that interest them but can’t sustain […]

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