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To the Editor As autistic physicians, we agree with the position of Dawson et al1: the neurodiversity movement regards autistic individuals to be both neurodivergent (diverging from the neurotypical majority) and disabled by environments not designed for autistic flourishing.1...

Unapologetically Black and Disabled

(without ditching your friends)

Secular storytelling has many sites for humanist action. Solarpunk, as artistic aesthetic and practical movement, imagines a better world.

The most common thing about countries that are 'successful' in PISA, is a higher level of gender equality in the population.

Can we do better than the social media that's dominated Western culture and its democracies for the past decade? CounterSocial says yes.

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The Facebook hearings. 🤦

Autisticzebra recently published a post: We do not outgrow our autism. On the surface that would seem self-evident. Even though we still know relatively little about how the brain actually works, w…

I pressed my back into the corner of the cold wall behind me, as hard as I could, hard enough to distract me from the need to twirl or flick my fingers or flap my hands, hard enough to counterbalan…

The world belongs to people who code. Those who don’t understand will be left behind.

The proportion of females whose ASD diagnosis is missed is unknown. The ratio of males to females with ASD is generally quoted as 4:1, though it is believed that there are biases preventing females from being diagnosed and that the true ratio is lower. These biases have not been clearly identified o …

Tens of thousands of women, a disproportionate share of them Black, were forcibly sterilized in the 20th century, a practice upheld by the Supreme Court.

Cute kids with Down syndrome, like my son, should never be an excuse to deny access to an abortion.

How does spelling to communicate fit under the umbrella of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)?

A concept rooted in politics and the public sphere has been squeezed into a new container: that of the individual consumer.

It’s hard to get educators to listen to autistics, so we need scientific research to “signal boost” the things autistics have been saying.

Author: Jane Mantzalas is a PhD candidate within the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre. Her research interests are centred around autism in adulthood and improving the mental health and wellbeing…

The vast majority of applications of what is referred to as ungrading rely on rubrics, stated learning outcomes and grades by other names, says Sean Michael Morris

I.I muster enough courage to smoke — a sin I’ve only smelled on mouths of men until I left home for college. I almost want someone I know to spot my lips wisping white and trip with shock. Good girls don’t smoke. But I am no good, no girl. This is not rebellion, or some […]

Sentiments like theirs have led to Jewish deaths before. Is it any wonder we object to them?

The Mods' reception in The Book of Boba Fett seemed to be controversial. Many claiming The Mods don't fit in Star Wars. So join us taking a deeper look at Th...

When you reflect back on your most recent professional learning in-service days, what springs to mind? Rich educational experiences filled with meaningful learning? Or cringey icebreakers, one-size-fits-all lectures, and flavor-of-the-month fluff?...

Dr. Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech

Today’s episode is about cyborgs with Ashley Shew and Jillian Weise. Ashley is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the Science, Technology, and Society department and her current work…