Vindictive stones, ensnared dimensions, and a talking planet were ripping away the reality he thought he knew. He needed to find his place in it all.
Month: January 2017
Appropriation- The Problem with Damned If You Do, Damned if You Don’t
If you ignore everything I've warned about here (and more I haven't even thought to mention), don't come whining to me when your finished product gets challenged. Don't whimper, "Damned if you do and damned if you don't," and expect me to have an abundance of sympathy.
Whitewashing – The Messy Goop on the Bottom of the Melting Pot
Ethnicity isn't irrelevant. People of color aren't just white people with darker skin. I realize this sounds like a ridiculous statement. My point: People aren't just a collection of differently shaped and colored features, with varying abilities and gifts. Culture exists.
Sentinel Intelligence, Autism, and OWN STORIES
Sentinel Intelligence is the ability to sense threats that are undetectable by most people. People with high intelligence and heightened anxiety are more likely to exhibit Sentinel Intelligence. It's connected to altruism and raised empathetic ability.
Why I’m Still Boycotting Autism Speaks
Planned Parenthood is targeted for defunding, as well as attacks by extremists, because 5% of their budget is spent on something a segment of the population morally disagree with. This same segment throw financial and personal support at Autism Speaks, including President Trump and Vice President Pence, when the result of finding a way to diagnose autism in the womb will lead to the same exact place. Children with autism will be aborted. The hypocrisy is aggravating. The fact these men appear to despise autistic people more than they openly hate abortion is terrifying.
Autism Is My Super Power…Or Not
We aren't a collection of quirks, stims, and sensitivities. We are real people with problems, like everyone else.
Punching Nazis Is Better Than Promoting Their Treatments For Autism
It's so bizarre that I'm not convinced a treatment that began in Nazi Germany with the torture of mentally ill and autistic people before their eventual murders is a good direction to take. Excuse me for thinking this treatment is torture when it was the foundation of Applied Behavior Analysis and Conversion Therapy used on LGBT people to try forcing them into being straight.
PSA: Inappropriate Facial Expressions Don’t Make Someone a Killer
My sister better hope she never gets questioned in a murder. PSA: People react to stress and grief in different ways.
PerSEVERance
PerSEVERance is when you sever a task from everything else and pursue it with single-minded focus.
Aphantasia: Memory, Visualization, and Autism
...I decided to test a hypothesis. I tried to imagine a beach. Nothing. My mind was a blank screen. The story was different when I added feelings...When I added emotions, images flooded into my mind
