Welcome to episode 5 of Autism and The Human. I'm Limbic Noodle. You can find me on Socials under this name, now including on Facebook. Last week, I finally sucked it up and set up a Facebook Page under Autism and The Human with Limbic Noodle. Glance at it when you have the chance. Last … Continue reading Greta Thunberg: Environmental Body Vs. Environmental Risk Part 2 (Transcript of ep.5 Season 1 of Autism and The Human podcast)
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Autistic Masking (Transcript ep 3 Autism and The Human Podcast)
Welcome to the third episode of "Autism and The Human." I'm Limbic Noodle. Today's episode is called "Autistic Masking." "Autism and Masking: How And Why People Do It, And The Impact It Can Have" by Dr. Felicity Sedgewick, Dr. Laura Hull, and Hellen Ellis was an invaluable resource for this week's subject. I need to … Continue reading Autistic Masking (Transcript ep 3 Autism and The Human Podcast)
Power Dynamics, Pathologization, and Paradigm Shifts: The Neurodiversity Paradigm (Transcript of ep. 2 of Autism and The Human podcast)
Hello. Welcome to Autism and "The Human." I'm Limbic Noodle, and today's episode is "Power Dynamics, Pathologisation and Paradigm Shifts. I want to start by saying that Nick Walker's "Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities" was an invaluable source for today's subject. It helped me recognize ways I've misused … Continue reading Power Dynamics, Pathologization, and Paradigm Shifts: The Neurodiversity Paradigm (Transcript of ep. 2 of Autism and The Human podcast)
Autism, MMS, and Trump
In the newest installment of what I like to call, "This Might be How America Ends," Trump half-listened to what was being said at today's White House Coronavirus press briefing and then summarized it in a wildly irresponsible way.
Disability in Steven Universe: Monster Reunion
I have a bone to pick about the way this person behaved. Marginalized people are often expected to defend their experiential learning and perceptions (people of various faiths, LGBTQIA, PW Disabilities, POC etc). When they express an opinion on Social Media, they are suddenly expected to provide a dissertation in support of their point of view.
Sentinel Intelligence
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.
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.