Autistic Rights
This article was co-authored by David Gray-Hammond and Katie Munday Trigger Warning: This article contains references to systemic and structural oppression, multiple marginalisation, and negative wellbeing and identity. Ableism is prevalent in the wider world, but something that we often don't consider is the ableist views we hold
Neuroqueer Theory
Below is the transcript of the podcast interview I did with Natasha Golding about my book The New Normal: Autistic musings on the threat of a broken society with references to my poetry collection Existence. The podcast can be found here, and both books are available on Amazon here. Natasha
Autism
I extremely excited to announce that my first solo authored book has been published. The book is called The New Normal: Autistic Musings on the threat of a broken society. At the time of writing, the eBook is available through kindle, and kindle unlimited, and the paperback version will be
General Wellbeing
This article was Co-Authored by David Gray-Hammond and Katie Munday Trigger Warning: Discussion of mental health It is a surprisingly contentious discussion to have, but the neurodiversity paradigm does not just apply to autistic people and ADHD'ers. Neurodivergent is a broad and inclusive term that applies to any
Autistic Community
Society is built upon a surprising number of rules that, when fully considered, seem rather arbitrary. In actual fact, societies rules are not arbitrary at all. They are deliberately designed to keep minority groups quiet while amplifying the voice of the oppressors. I think most Autistic people have come across
medication
A consideration on how neuroqueer theory can be used to depathologise the field of psychiatry and psychiatric conditions.
Neuroqueering
This article looks at neuroqueer theory and the Autistic embodiment of gender. It considers how one might construct their gender, and how being Autistic queers our ideas of gender.
Autistic Rights
This article was Co-Authored by David Gray-Hammond, Katie Munday, and Tanya Adkin The emergence and popularisation of Neuroqueer theory in the contemporary disability rights discourse and Autistic rights movement represents a significant step forward. Not only does it encourage pride in ones true self, but it emancipates the Neurologically Queer
Neuroqueering
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains detailed discussion of harmful "cures". It also mentions ABA, MMS, Chelation, and has in depth discussion around normative society and the murder of Autistic people. For as long as I have been an advocate, many of my fellow Autistics have spoken out against
Autism
Being Autistic is a nightmare (sometimes, actually, a lot of the time). This isn't because being Autistic is inherently good or bad, but rather because we are a minority group, and as such experience direct and indirect oppression from the privileged majority. Given that the world is designed
Autism
When considering our potential, we often think in finite terms. Normativity has dictated that which a human can be. We are also bound, in principle, by the finite nature of our mortality. Thus, we are limited by both cultural and biological variables. However, the limits of what a human, a
Autistic Community
As you may have noticed from my most recent blog post, I am somewhat down a rabbit hole at the moment. In my previous article I discussed Zeno's paradox of plurality and how it applies to the dehumanisation of Autistic people and the double empathy problem. Today I