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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu is an American educator, author, and autism and HIV advocate. [1] [2] Alongside E. Ashkenazy and Lydia Brown, Onaiwu is an editor of All the Weight of Our Dreams, an anthology of art and writing entirely by autistic people of color published by the Autism Women's Network in June 2017.
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...
Strategies used are designed to address the difficulties faced by all people with autism, and be adaptable to whatever style and degree of support is required. [2] TEACCH methodology is rooted in behavior therapy, more recently combining cognitive elements, [ 4 ] guided by theories suggesting that behavior typical of people with autism results ...
[2] Bascom was one of the experts consulted to create an autistic character, Julia, for the children's show Sesame Street. [5] As an autistic person herself [6] and an advocate, Bascom stresses the importance of letting autistic people speak for themselves on issues that relate to their health, rights and well-being. [7]
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.
Autistic respondents were more than twice as likely to say they had been the victim of rape and over three times as likely to report unwanted sexual contact. [11] In 2018, a large scale study found that autistic girls were almost three times more likely to be a victim of sexual abuse compared to non-autistic girls. [12]
Willey's foreword was republished in the publication Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [7] The book has a section titled Additional Tools for Parents which supports the acronym B.A.L.L.S. B stands for "believing the diagnosis", A for "accepting us for who we are", the first L for like, the second L for love, and S for support. [2]
The empathising–systemising (E–S) theory is a theory [1] [2] [3] on the psychological basis of autism and male–female neurological differences originally put forward by clinical psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen. It classifies individuals based on abilities in empathic thinking (E) and systematic thinking (S).