Theme
Autism essays
Writing on autistic life, accommodation, masking, fragility, and design under constraint. 23 essays in this theme.
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Stop designing for the idealized "Hero User." Learn how to build resilient interfaces that work when your user is stressed, tired, and operating on 15% battery.
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It appears we have successfully eliminated the margin for error. That's terrifying.
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How to design systems that protect human limits and reject harm as the path of least resistance
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Neurodivergence, Alienation, and the Data Economy
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Before my autism diagnosis, therapy—as it turned out—was reinforcing my masked self
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An Insidious Betrayal of Inclusion
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How Traditional Frameworks Fail Neurodivergent Individuals
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Internalized Oppression, Dangerous Ideologies, and Parent-Child Relationships
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Burnout as a Non-Metaphor and Unmasking as a Revolutionary Act in Neurodivergent Experience
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The first ten amendments, but written with clearer guardrails based on current application.
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Blending Seriousness with Wit for the Neurotypical Mind
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A better world for the neurodivergent is a better world for everyone.
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It's not about dimmer light fixtures in prison cells, but a hell of a lot more
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Let's take a closer look at non-autistic people
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What does it mean if we're experiencing the effects of neuroplasticity in the constant presence of a hyperreal self?
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legal systems should assume everyone involved could potentially be autistic and be unaware of if
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the reasons you vape might be different from the reasons your friends do
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Internalized ableism and its ties to South Asian American mental health awareness
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Autism, Clubbing, and Unseen Joys in the Tyranny of Unwritten Rules
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connecting Deaf Gain, the neurodiversity movement, and queer critical theory
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