Inside the Autside – review by Tistje
Sam from Tistje.com — a large Dutch website about autism — has read my book Inside the Autside and written this wonderful review, first published in The European Autist and afterwards also posted on Medium.
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autism kendo
The Way of the Sword as a Way to Connect: An Essay on Kendo and Autism
I am very honoured that – with an essay on kendo and autism – I could contribute to the website of a scholar that I admire. Thank you so much, Kate Sylvester!
autism bisexuality polyamory the medium formerly known as TV
Different from penguins: Representations of polyamory in Netflix’s Atypical
Sam Gardner, the protagonist of the Netflix series Atypical, has an obsession with penguins and Antarctica. He tells us early on that penguins have a pattern of behaviour that is not true when it comes…
autism feminism
Auti-influencers
Various autistic people have found ways around singling out as a minority to actively engage in global politics. In this blog post, I will discuss three autistic influencers: Greta Thunberg, Daryl Hannah and Temple Grandin.…
(neuro)psychology autism musicology
Synaesthesia – an essay on the adjacency of the sense of hearing and the other senses
During my Master’s degree in musicology at Utrecht University, I took the course “A History of Modern Listening”. This blog post is based on an essay I wrote for that course, and published in response…
autism creative writing
Ideal Home
As long as I remember, I have been fantasizing about an Ideal Home to realize my Ideal-I. Currently, I am working on practical applications of technology to improve the lives of autistic people (for a…
autism the medium formerly known as TV
(mis)representations of female autism
At a nightclub, a man offers a pretty blond woman a drink. She has obviously shown interest in him, but turns the drink down. He is confused – was she not interested? She then approaches…