Episode 13: Summer Hiatus Announcement
Due to a medical issue reoccurring I am starting my summer hiatus early. If you have requests for topics for next season please send me a message through Facebook or Twitter with things you would like to know more about autism, or if you’re autistic if there’s something you would like others to better understand about you.
Be kind to yourself and I’ll see you all again in the fall.
Episode 12: Autism and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
In this mini-episode Jeanne (she/her) talks about rejection sensitive dysphoria and how the way we view and treat autistic behaviors in childhood can have lifelong impacts on their sense of self-worth and relationships to others.
Episode 10 : Joint Hypermobility and Autistic Healthcare
In this mini episode Jeanne (she/her) talks about a common comorbidity to autism — joint issues, including EDS, looking at new research showing the overlap in these communities and talking about what that should mean for how we talk about autistic healthcare. She also discusses barriers to accessing effective care, including looking at research regarding training for healthcare professionals in autism and how inaccessibility can impact autistic diagnoses and care. She connects this to the current conflict in Ukraine and how inaccessibility is impacting autistics and those with mobility issues in Kyiv, along with a call for all of us to examine what ways we could improve accessibility in our spaces. Finally, author Chuck Tingle is added to our list of famous autistics folks should know about.
Episode 9: No Episode This Month, I'm Getting a Root Canal
No episode this month, I'm getting a root canal for an infected tooth and everything feels gross and painful. Be back next month! If you are autistic and have tips or tricks for dental work to share with us let me know!
Resources and Recommendations
AWN provides community, support, and resources for Autistic women, girls, transfeminine and transmasculine nonbinary people, trans people of all genders, Two Spirit people, and all others of marginalized genders. The website includes resources for autistics, parents of autistics, and extensive information about autism, especially from the perspectives of people who are often not included in autistic stereotypes around gender, race, and age.
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is also on both Facebook and Twitter and seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism and to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. The website includes a wide array of resources around autistic research, support, and community.
The Autisticats: Three autistic young adults, figuring out life and sharing our experiences as neurodivergent people.
The Black Autist: The Black Autist is a blog where posts are focused on #autismacceptance and issues & news surrounding autistic #peopleofcolor
AutisticSciencePerson: (They/Them), Autistic late-diagnosed grad student in neuroscience.
Kerima (Vaccine Equity) Cevik: Creator of #AutisticWhileBlack, #AutisticAphorism. Blogs & speaks on neurodivergence, race, & facilitating for their high support needs autistic offspring.
