What Autistic Joy Looks Like, Beyond the Deficit Narrative
Stimming and special interests are often framed as problems to manage — but for many autistic people, they’re genuine sources of joy.
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What Echolalia Is, and Why It’s a Form of Communication
Echolalia — repeating words or phrases someone else said — is usually doing real communicative work, not producing meaningless noise.
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Common Mistakes Well-Meaning Adults Make Around Autistic Kids
The small, well-intentioned habits that undermine trust with autistic kids, and simple ways to adjust them.
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What Stimming Is, and Why It Isn’t Something to Suppress
Stimming — hand-flapping, rocking, humming — helps regulate the nervous system, and suppressing it tends to remove the outlet without removing the need.
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