The coming out process is not a singular event but a recurring journey that many Queer People bravely and resiliently navigate throughout our lives, demonstrating ongoing courage, resilience, and the need for continuous support. Continue reading The Never-Ending Story, Coming Out, Again and Again: Why Coming Out is a Lifelong Process
“Normalcy” is a fluid and ever-changing social construct created, influenced, and enforced by the power structures of social hierarchies. When we recognize that “normal” is a social contract, we can challenge and dismantle these harmful norms, creating a safe space for diverse individuals to flourish and thrive (instead of hiding to survive). Continue reading Weird Pride Day 2024 – Unapologetically Weird: Queer, NeuroDivergent, & PROUDLY Weird
We know we are different. Before I knew I was in NeuroDivergent, my labels were: Stubborn, “Lazy, Rebellions, Difficult, Stupid, Flake, dumb.” Now, those have been replaced with Autistic and ADHD.
Continue reading Should I tell my child they are NeuroDivergent?
We live in a society where people are expected to follow the dominant social and hierarchal norms, and those who cannot fall in line (or refuse to) are often mocked, scolded, medicalized, dehumanized, and punished for their inability to blend in. Continue reading Human Binaries: NeuroDivergent and Queer – Coloring Outside the Lines Will Be Punished
These results are not limited to people who’ve experienced formal modification programs (because compliance-based programs permeate our society and many of its systems as a whole).
Continue reading Sounding the Alarm: Battling the ABA Epidemic: ABAers Target ADHD and Kids Who Started School Late During COVID
Unfortunately, sometimes the people you think (hope) will be safe aren’t always safe. It can be tricky to know if someone will accept you or judge you harshly, thinking less of you when you tell them you’re Queer (regardless of what flavor Queer you are).
For those of us who feel safe enough to live “outside of the closet,” coming out is something we will choose to do (or NOT to do) repeatedly our entire lives. Continue reading Coming out: It’s not something we do “just once.” It’s something we will do over and over again our entire lives.
AutiGender is when someone’s gender is influenced by being Autistic, but HOW can being Autistic (or NeuroDivergent) influence someone’s experience of gender?
Continue reading Autism Gender? Explaining NeuroGenders: What do AutiGender and NeuroGender mean?
There is a misconception that Autistic People do not have sex or sexual urges. While this may be true for some Autistic People, many Autistic People DO enjoy sex.
Continue reading Do Autistic People Have Sex – The Truth About Autism & Sex
I consider “Conversion Therapy” to be ANY behavioral modification program that uses negative and positive reinforcements to coerce and manipulate someone into emulating behaviors that are forced and unnatural to them to make the person blend in and appear more “socially acceptable” (whether for Queer, NeuroDivergent, or any other type of behavior that is not considered the “social norm”).
Continue reading Behaviorism 101: Identifying Autistic, NeuroDivergent, and Other forms of Conversion “Therapy”
As expected, both of my posts created pushback from angry parents who follow the ABA ideology and felt “shamed” by my choice of strong words – “Conversion Therapy” but I stand by them.
Continue reading Objections to the Terms Autistic and NeuroDivergent “Conversion Therapy”
