Culture Clash: Bob Marley, Joe Strummer and the punky reggae party
Marley’s single Punk Reggae Party put a name to an underground phenomenon – the coming together of the punks and the Rastas at the height of 70s social unrest. That era may be over, but the punky reggae spirit still lives and breathes
There is No Such Thing As “The Science of Learning” | Human Restoration Project | Nick Covington Michael Weingarth
Nick Covington & Michael Weingarth call for a moratorium on using "The Science of Learning" to describe one aspect of how the brain works in relation to the multiple goals of school. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
“Can't sleep. Need to. But too disturbed. Have read the articles. Have not watched the video - can't handle it right now. And won't share it. Just shaken. If there had been no video we all know exactly how this would have went down.
This was cold-blooded and deliberate murder along
The historian espoused grand ambitions to dismantle American racism, but the crisis at his research center suggests that he always had a more limited view of change.
We understand that Autism is a neurotype with strengths as well as challenges. We support individuals in building regulation, finding 'their people' and finding Autism-friendly environments. We are familiar with the PDA profile and work in a trauma-informed manner with PDAers.
Someone decided this was going to be Autistic History Month. I had another contribution I was going to write. In fact, it’s already almost written. But I ended up writing this instead. At first…
Exploring the experiences of autistic pupils through creative research methods: Reflections on a participatory approach
Infant and Child Development: prenatal, childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood is a premier developmental science journal for transparent and open research.
Anti-ableism and scientific accuracy in autism research: a false dichotomy
It was recently argued that autism researchers committed to rejecting ableist frameworks in their research may sacrifice “scientifically accurate” conceptualizations of autism. In this perspective piece, we argue that: (a) anti-ableism vs. scientific accuracy is a false dichotomy, (b) there is no ideology-free science that has claim to scientific accuracy, and (c) autism science has a history of false leads in part because of unexamined ableist ideologies that undergird researcher framings and interpretations of evidence. To illustrate our claims, we discuss several avenues of autism research that were promoted as scientific advances, but were eventually debunked or shown to have much less explanatory value than initially proposed. These research programs have involved claims about autism etiology, the nature of autism and autistic characteristics, and autism intervention. Common to these false leads have been ableist assumptions about autism that inform researcher perspectives. Negative impacts of this work have been mitigated in some areas of autism research, but these perspectives continue to exert influence on the lives of autistic people, including the availability of services, discourses about autism, and sociocultural conceptualizations of autistic people. Examining these false leads may help current researchers better understand how ableism may negatively influence their areas of inquiry. We close with a positive argument that promoting anti-ableism can be done in ...
Positive psychology in neurodiversity: An investigation of character strengths in autistic adults in the United Kingdom in a community setting
The positive psychology and neurodiversity movements both aim to promote and improve wellbeing through strengths-based approaches. However, little is …
Holotropism: a multi-dimensional, spacious, edgeless terrain
We’ve found monotropic theory to be a very helpful paradigm for a major swath of autistic experience, and the theory is supported by…
Synthesising monotropic theory with deep ecology and holistic anatomy, we feel we have found a multi-dimensional, spacious, edgeless terrain under the monotropism map. We are calling it holotropism. This perspective may elucidate the high co-occurrences of synaesthesia, mirror-touch, dyspraxia, and hypermobility among us autistic people.To be holotropic is to have wide open sensory gates. To participate in/as the immense world without becoming overwhelmed, we holotropes have two central methods: in, by hyperfocusing our attention on one sensory or cognitive path, and as, through synthesising our experience into coherence. A sense of wholeness occurs through both of these processes — less consciously in hyperfocus, more consciously in coherence.
SEDSconnective are a symptomatic hypermobility neurodivergent expert-by-experience led, voluntary charity. We actively support some members with specialised therapies, activities and employment opportunities. As well as provide means for peer to peer communication and support.
Atypical resource allocation may contribute to many aspects of autism - PubMed
Based on a review of the literature and on reports by people with autism, this paper suggests that atypical resource allocation is a factor that contributes to many aspects of autism spectrum conditions, including difficulties with language and social cognition, atypical sensory and attentional expe …
.jpg?width=92&height=&ar=&mode=&format=avif&dpr=2)
