PinnedBlackness x Neurodiversity V: The Disappointing Discourse About the “Reality” of “ADHD”We seriously need to find a new way to talk about “ADHD,” and I’ll attempt to do exactly that.Dec 23, 20212Dec 23, 20212
PinnedBlackness x Neurodiversity III: How Society Systematically Denies the Existence of Most Autistic…We need to de-center whiteness within the neurodiversity community if we want to help the entire community and affect meaningful change.Aug 28, 20211Aug 28, 20211
PinnedBlackness X Neurodiversity II: The Inherently Radical Politics of the Neurodiversity MovementDivorcing the radical politics of the Neurodiversity Movement from neurodiversity discourse is to betray the movement itself.Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
PinnedBlackness x Neurodiversity VIII: How Autism Being in the DSM and ICD Harms Both Autistic People and…Allistic people’s hostility, hatred of, and apathy towards autistic people because we socialize and communicate differently ruins them…May 22, 20231May 22, 20231
Blackness x Neurodiversity X: (Internalized) Ableism and the Limits it Places on Being Autistic“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk this earth . .”Jan 15Jan 15
Blackness x Neurodiversity IX: Let’s Move Beyond the Myopia of “Narcissism”The grip that “narcissism” has on the world is harmful to both allistic people and autistic people, and is leading us to nothing but ruin.Jul 18, 20232Jul 18, 20232
Why Is ‘Slave Play’?Another take in the sea of takes on this supposedly radical and searing satirical play about how racism affects love.Sep 4, 2022Sep 4, 2022
Blackness x Neurodivergence VII: The Wreckage of Your PastThere’s a quote from James Baldwin that is always in my mind, and it’s something that I’ve always thought about even before encountering…Aug 27, 2022Aug 27, 2022
Blackness x Neurodiversity VI: Autistic People and Social CommunicationTurns out you’re wrong if you believe autistic people have an innate difficulty when it comes to social communication. Who knew?!Mar 14, 2022Mar 14, 2022