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Social Connectedness: An Overlooked Need of Autistic Individuals

By Akshar Patel, Annie Brandes-Aitken — 2021

Many autistic individuals do desire social connections, but oftentimes face difficulties forging friendships due to differences in their social presentation styles.

Read on www.thesocialcreatures.org

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The Challenges of Living with High-Functioning Autism

In the autism community, functioning labels are discouraged because they can be misleading. A person can be able to function independently in some areas but require significant support in others. People labeled as high functioning can often have significant needs that are overlooked.

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Lisa Jo Rudy
2022
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‘Clients Say It Feels Like We’ve Always Known Each Other’: The Mental Health Experts Who Believe Their Autism Has Turbocharged Their Work

Therapists, psychologists and nurses who are autistic say it has made them better at their jobs, but that misconceptions about the condition are forcing them to keep their diagnosis a secret.

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Amelia Hill
2022
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Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism

Good teachers helped me to achieve success. I was able to overcome autism because I had good teachers.

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Temple Grandin
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Social Problems: Understanding Emotions and Developing Talents

I put a great deal of emphasis on employment because I see so many very intelligent people with autism and Asperger's syndrome without satisfying jobs. A satisfying profession made life have meaning for me. I am what I do and think instead of what I feel.

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Temple Grandin
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The Greatest Challenge of Raising an Autistic Child as an Autistic Parent? The Ableist World We Live In

Being disabled means hundreds of thousands of people believe they always know better than you do.

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Lu Everman
2018
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Neurodivergence and the Politics of Self-Control

ADHD, Twice Exceptionality, and the Benefits of Intensity.

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Jillian Enright
2021
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The Limits of Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity is a fresh way to see difference. Is it right for you?

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John Elder Robison
2020
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What Is Ableism?

Ableism centers around the notion that people with disabilities are imperfect and need fixing.

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Ariane Resnick
2021
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Luke’s Best Chance: One Man’s Fight for His Autistic Son

More than a million children in America are the autism spectrum. What happens when they come of age?

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Paul Solotaroff
2016
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Celebrating Neurodiversity in the Classroom

Tracy Murray has witnessed a lot of change in her 27 years of work in classrooms. But in her view, no shift has been as radical—or as positive—as the difference in the way children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are viewed by society.

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Kristina Rizga
2020
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