The Good Doctor: One Autistic's Review

Maxfield Sparrow unstrangemind.comFreddie Highmore as "The Good Doctor" | photo via IMDB[image: Young white man with short dark hair and dark eyes,wearing a surgeon's cap, with a surgical mask around his neck.Before last night, the only fictional Autistic...

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Autism Information That Will Help You

TPGA editorial and support crew[image: Selfie of red-headed white womanand her handsome autistic teen son.]Welcome! Our team created Thinking Person's Guide to Autism (TPGA) to be the autism guide that didn't exist when our autistic kids were first diagnosed....

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Don't Let Congress Dismantle the ADA: How You Can Take Action

Maxfield Sparrowunstrangemind.comPhoto © Stephen Melkisethian | Flickr/Creative Commons[image: Black-and-white photo of disability rights protesters at the U.S. Capitol: some using wheelchairs, some not.]We educated our legislators. We wrote letters...

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What Makes Institutions Bad

Mel Baggsballastexistenz.wordpress.comBuffalo State Hospital, closed in 1974. Photo © Shannon O'Toole[image: A dilapidated interior hallway of a former state hospital.]Most people don’t have the foggiest clue what’s bad about institutions. What’s bad...

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Autistic, Gifted, And Black: An Interview With Mike Buckholtz

Music producer, actor, and writer Michael "Hot Mike" Buckholtz is also an advocate for autistic people, especially those who, like himself, are part of the Black/POC communities. We recently chatted with Mike via email about his background, some specific...

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Study Shows that Puzzle Pieces Evoke Negativity from the Public

Morton Ann Gernsbacherwww.gernsbacherlab.org[Image: Melanie Yergeau, a white person who presents as a woman with shoulder-length blond hair, holding a signthat has a puzzle piece image with a red slash through itand the wording, “People not puzzles.”] Why...

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Encountering the Limits of My Professional Autism "Expertise"

AnonymousPhoto © Carissa Rogers | Flickr/Creative Commons[image: Adult and two children, silhouetted againsta lake and colorful pink sunset.]I started working with autistic children in the mid-nineties, as a volunteer in a magnet school. The experience...

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