AUTISM

Communication, Interaction, and Autism Acceptance

If you've read enough of my writings, you know that I am an activist for the rights of all people - especially Autistic people - to communicate using whatever method it works for each individual.

Autism Awareness Month Awareness

Beware of Autism Awareness Month by Amy Sequenzia. "Autism Awareness Month" Awareness I am writing this in March because I want everyone to start getting ready for April, which was declared by non-Autistics to

Intelligence Is an Ableist Concept

Intelligence Is an Ableist Concept, by Amy Sequenzia. Warning: use of the R-word. Am I “Intelligent”? Too many times I see the word "intelligence" in articles that are supposedly about disability rights. The word

Living My Disabled Life: My Story Is Mine to Tell Part 3

How I Tell My Story by Amy Sequenzia. Living my disabled life: My Story Is Mine to Tell Part 3. (Part 1 Autism: My Story Is Mine to Tell and Part 2 Love, Respect and “Autism Parents”

Love, Respect and “Autism Parents”: My Story Is Mine to Tell Part 2

Love, Respect and "Autism Parents" : My Story is Mine to Tell - Part 2 by Amy Sequenzia. This is the second post on how Autistic voices are dismissed and erased when the world talks

Autism: My Story Is Mine to Tell

My Story is Mine to Tell by Amy Sequenzia. Everywhere - on the web, in conferences, in books, on TV and on the radio, in college lecture halls - people are talking about autism. Too

Proudly Autistic by Amy Sequenzia

by Amy Sequenzia Being Proudly Autistic Being proudly Autistic. Being proudly Disabled. Being me. Telling my story because my voice is my own. My story is mine to tell. I define myself. Since I

I Resist by Amy Sequenzia

by Amy Sequenzia. I RESIST My resistance is an act of defiance. I defy the assumptions of an unlivable life Of a tragic existence Of dreams that would never become true. The world said

Mental Health Therapy and the Autistic Client: When Clinicians Don’t See the Autism (It’s All the Autism)

When Clinicians Attribute All Psychiatric Symptomatology to the Autism Autistic people find their way to therapy when symptoms of depression, anxiety, OCD and other diagnoses become problematic to them in their daily lives. When

When Disabled Students Are Abused

This is the second in a series of posts about trauma due to criminalization of disabled students by Amy Sequenzia. Content Warning: ableist slurs, description of abuse. I write this post based on the

Mental Health Therapy and the Autistic Client: When Clinicians Don’t See the Autism

A Series on Mental Health Therapy and the Autistic Client by Judy Endow, MSW When Clinicians Don’t See the Autism (Can’t See the Forest for the Trees) Today, autistic people, just like the population at

Mental Health Therapy and the Autistic Client: The Autistic Operating System, Part One

The Autistic Operating System, Part One Mental health diagnosis and treatment has evolved over time according to what makes sense and what works for most people. We have an increasing body of research

Toxic Autism Awareness

Toxic autism awareness - sorting out autism fact from autism fiction Judy Endow Autism Fact or Autism Fiction During the past week I have run into two different people in my personal life who have

Autistic, Non-Speaking, and “Intelligent”

Autistic, Non-Speaking, and "Intelligent" by Amy Sequenzia "Being Autistic is not the same as being intellectually disabled". "Non-speaking Autistics are intelligent". "When non-speaking Autistics learn how to type they can ‘prove’ their intelligence'". All

The Advantage of Autistic Difference in Visual Perception

Autistic writer, artist and consultant, Judy Endow on autistic difference in visual perception. As a child, people sometimes thought I was stubborn and resistant when I did not want to allow them into my space