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Why Autism Awareness Month can be traumatising for autistic people

It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would be so widely disliked by the autistic people it claims to support. But just to clarify: the phrase ...

Respectful autism awareness: how to discuss the struggles without increasing the stigma

A few years ago, one of my articles received this comment. “F*** YOU F***YOU F***YOU.You don’t even know anything about autism. It’s a f***ing curse that controls parents’ lives until they finally die!F*** ...

50 ways to help autistic people

So it's World Autism Awareness Month again! Those who follow Autistic Not Weird's Facebook page will know that I often use the occasion to upload a ton of picture posts- not just to spread awareness but to enc...

My response to “you’re not REALLY autistic, are you?”

I went through most my teaching career without talking about my Asperger Syndrome. I imagined every negative outcome; people questioning my ability to teach, children in my class wondering what was ‘wrong’ with...

We need to stop saying “we’re all a little autistic”

A few years ago, I was the only diagnosed autistic staff member in a special school. The rest of the staff weren’t autistic, but many jokingly claimed to be. “Oh, that must be my autism,” some would say as t...

50 Pretty Big Facts About Autism

After this album of pictures got over 3,000 shares on Autistic Not Weird's Facebook page , I thought I'd upload them all here for your viewing pleasure! For those who are seeing these for the first time, I hop...

How to Raise ACTUAL Autism Awareness

Remember when we all changed our profile pictures to ribbons, and it cured cancer? No, me neither. The phrase “raising awareness” gets banded around on the internet a lot these days. It’s an extremely well-know...

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