Tag Archives: autism acceptance

The Problem of Attributing Negative Intentionality to Autistic Behavior

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Problems arise when we attribute willfulness to behavior of an autistic and then regard it as fact. One problem is that […]

Introduction to Newest Book: Autistically Thriving

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. This blog is actually the introduction that appears in my newest book (Endow, 2019, pp. xiii-xiv) available as of last week. […]

Autistically Thriving!

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Finally, after almost two years since it’s beginning, my newest book is in the printing process! A lot (besides working as […]

Autistic Burnout and Aging

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Last September I returned from a vacation that I had been dreaming of taking for several years. I had booked my vacation […]

Autistic Neurology and Behavior

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Autistic people use behavior just like people who are not autistic. Basically, when a problem is encountered, people behave in a […]

Disability Policy: Clinton Versus Trump

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. In a few weeks we will have elected a new President of the United States. Many of us get our information […]

Realities of Being an Autistic Therapist

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. In my work as a clinician licensed in my state to provide mental health therapy, many parents of children diagnosed with […]

Teaching Autistic People

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. Just like people of all ages can learn, so is it that autistic people of all ages can learn. It is […]

Autism and Consequences

Please know state-of-the art cutting edge language at the time of original penning of this blog has remained unchanged. Retaining original wording allows tracking of language progression in the field of autism over time. One way people learn is from consequences. For example, if you leave your car parked outside with the windows down and […]