Imagine that you were simply living your life and someone attempted to exclude you from a public park. Or took your child away from you. Or urged you to sign a Do Not Resuscitate Order. Or told you to use…
Read MoreIn the past few days, I’ve made a decision to separate myself completely from the autistic and autism communities. As many of you know, I’ve felt alienated from these communities for some time, but I had not ended my involvement…
Read More(April 26, 2013, Albatross University) — In a dramatic new breakthrough, researchers have concluded that autism is caused by being alive. “This is a great day for medical science,” said Dr. Ernest Eagerly, Director of the Department for the Medicalization…
Read MoreYes, I’m sick of autism. No, I’m not sick of Autism the Condition. That I can live with, although it’s a complete pain in the ass sometimes. But what isn’t? So that’s not what I mean. I’m talking about everything…
Read MoreI just found this graphic on a Facebook page called Moving The Sun To Shine in Dark Places: [The graphic shows an eye chart with the text “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.”]…
Read More© 2013 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Read More© 2013 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Read More© 2013 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Read MoreMost people in the disability community know Amanda Baggs as a blogger, a disability rights activist, and the creator of the powerful video, In My Language. I first came to know Amanda in all those ways as well. Then she…
Read MoreI’m really gratified by how many people have shared my Neurotypical Awareness memes and all the great comments that these memes — you should pardon the expression — have inspired. Based on some of the comments I’ve seen over the…
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