About That "Coming Avalanche" of Autistic Adults...

Greg Loveageofneurodiversityblog.wordpress.comWaves in Santa Cruz, California. © Wonderlane, Creative Commons[image: Ocean waves breaking on a rocky shore.]It is currently autism “awareness” month, that time of year when autistic people are told that...

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Elizabeth Bartmess Interviewed on autchat, Autistic Community, and Autism in Fiction

Elizabeth Bartmess runs the autistics-and-cousins autchat discussions on Twitter, and also writes and critiques autism-themed fiction. We talked with Bartmess about why autchat matters, sometimes in surprising ways, and also about why "'Autistic character...

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What Happens to Autistic People in Prison?

What happens to autistic people in prison? We spoke with Clare Hughes, the Criminal Justice Coordinator for the United Kingdom's National Autistic Society, about the unique experiences of and considerations for incarcerated autistic people. Clare has...

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Verbally Creative People Need More Sleep

Creative people sleep more, later, and less well"In the case of verbally creative people, we found that they sleep more hours and go to sleep and get up later."Do you ever dream of becoming the next Picasso? A new study at the University of Haifa comparing art and social science students has found that visually creative students evaluate their...

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Hey Parents of Autistic Kids: Here Are Five Big, Avoidable Mistakes

Shannon Des Roches Rosawww.squidalicious.comResting after a long hike. Photo © Shannon Des Roches Rosa[image: White teen boy with short brown hair, seen frombehind, sitting on a hilltop bench overlooking an ocean.]If you're the parent of an autistic...

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