Autism and Intense Interests: Why We Love What We Love and Why It Should Matter to You

Photo © Deanna | Flickr/Creative Commons[image: White child with short brown hair holding upa massive bunch of colorful Mardi Gras beads.]Maxfield Sparrowunstrangemind.comIf you know an Autistic person or are Autistic yourself, you are familiar with...

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Coping with a Crisis When You Have Unreliable or Intermittent Speech

Maxfield SparrowUnstrangemind.comPhoto © Marcia Furman | Flickr/Creative Commons[image: White person with tousled medium brown hair slumped over at a restaurant table,face hidden, with sunglasses resting on the top of their head and hair.]Autistic people...

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Labels Are Valuable Tools

Maxfield Sparrowunstrangemind.comThere's something that kind-hearted and well-meaning people say that can hurt. And it usually goes like this:"Let's go around the circle and introduce ourselves.""Hi, my name is Max. I'm a writer, artist, musician, and...

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Under a Double Rainbow: Autism and LGBTQIA+

Photo © Ted Eytan | Creative Commons/Flickr[image: Multiracial crowd rallying with flags and signs behind a banner reading "Trans Solidarity against transphobia for justice".]Maxfield Sparrowunstrangemind.comTen years ago, I wanted to write a paper about...

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