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Learning through madness
How Schizophrenia taught me the type of person I want to be
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Creating Autistic Suffering: What is Atypical Burnout?
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What is it like to be Schizophrenic?
Mental Health
What is it like to be Schizophrenic?
I have written a fair amount about how I don't view my being Schizophrenic as an illness. This in itself seems like a bold claim given the way that society has pathologised anyone who (by means of their bodyminds neurology) can not perform neuronormativity. Neurotypicality has been set
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What is it about ABA that is so harmful to Autistic people?
Autistic Rights
What is it about ABA that is so harmful to Autistic people?
There are many things within this world that can cause controversy in minority communities. One less discussed in mainstream society, but of significant interest to the Autistic community is Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). Nothing sets Autistic Rights activists ready to march into battle quite like the normative violence of behaviourism.
medical model of disability
Disability
Understanding Disability through the lens of neurodiversity
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How many Autistic people are in inpatient units in the UK?
Autistic Rights
How many Autistic people are in inpatient units in the UK?
TW: the content of this article may be upsetting to some. In this article, David looks at the statistics and law that surround the practice of detaining Autistic people under the Mental Health Act and why it paints such a worrying picture.
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Autistic Identity and Culture
The importance of language
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Mask on, Mask off: How the common understanding of Autistic masking is creating another mask
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