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True
Jul 31, 20247 min read
Written Submission for Pre-Budget Consultations - National Autism Strategy - for Federal Budget 2025
Here is a copy of the brief I submitted: Written Submission for Pre-Budget Consultations for Federal Budget 2025 By: True Taylor July...
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Jill
Oct 28, 20235 min read
Please Help Press Ottawa for Basic Income Guarantee--Your Signature Requested
Please help put the pressure on Ottawa for a no strings attached Basic Income Guarantee NOW! Dear friends, I am reaching out yet again at...
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Jill
Jul 13, 20235 min read
Basic Income: a Vital Step Towards Dignity for All
Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) or Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI) or even Basic Income (BI) are three different names for one very...
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peiautisticadults
Oct 13, 20228 min read
How to Recognize When Patients are Autistic, because 1 in 5 are! Advice from a UK Psychiatrist.
This is a very interesting/insightful thread I copied from Twitter before the storm, in the 'how does this total stranger know so much...
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peiautisticadults
Sep 9, 20223 min read
The adults who discovered they were autistic – after their child was diagnosed.
This article from The Guardian is about the UK but I'm sure this happens in Canada as well, maybe not as much because I think its more...
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peiautisticadults
Aug 19, 20223 min read
What the heck is a 'spiky profile?'
Autistic spiky profiles and positivity! is about something called "spiky profiles" which is a term I was not familiar with but according...
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peiautisticadults
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Are Co-occurring Conditions Part of Autism?
This article was recently shared on twitter. Are Co-occurring Conditions Part of Autism ? This was written by Max Sparrow It's a couple...
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True
Jun 14, 20224 min read
About Autism
I saw this on Facebook this morning from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network . Although I've already posted a couple other descriptions of...
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True
Apr 17, 20224 min read
Semi-speaking or semi-verbal
I saw a thread on twitter recently that started "Still investigating what it means to be semi-speaking" and continued with a list of...
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True
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Hannah Gadsby on her autism diagnosis: ‘I’ve always been plagued by a sense that I was ...
Th is is an extract from Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby "Hannah Gadsby on her autism diagnosis: ‘I’ve always been plagued by a...
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peiautisticadults
Mar 21, 20224 min read
The Most Important Memo in Autism Research in Decades
I was reading an article today that described the research by Dr Damian Milton on the “Double Empathy Problem”as the most important memo...
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peiautisticadults
Feb 27, 20222 min read
Reacting, Retreating, Regulating and Reconnecting
This is a summary of study findings from Florence Neville, an autistic Health and Wellbeing PhD student at the University of the West of...
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peiautisticadults
Feb 27, 20222 min read
‘Diagnosis is rebirth’: women who found out they were autistic as adults
This article is from The Guardian written by Amelia Hill @byameliahill "Women from around the world describe the life-changing impact of...
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peiautisticadults
Jan 16, 20223 min read
‘Anything but the phone!’: Communication mode preferences in the autism community
There was a lengthy thread on twitter recently about autistic-specific dislike of phones. One of the replies was researcher Felicity...
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peiautisticadults
Dec 24, 20214 min read
'A unique way of communicating': Canadians with autism share challenges, debunk misconceptions
This article was on CTV a while ago. I think its very relevant to the other articles I've posted about double empathy and the effect on...
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peiautisticadults
Dec 24, 20213 min read
Diversity in Social Intelligence
I found this very interesting. The University of Edinburgh is doing a "Diversity in Social Intelligence" project "challenging the...
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peiautisticadults
Dec 11, 20215 min read
The MYTH of #HighFunctioningAutism
This post further explores the complicated notion of low and high functioning autistic people that I posted about on March 27 "High...
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peiautisticadults
Dec 7, 20211 min read
Neurotypicals: Listen to Our Words, Not Our Tone
This reminds me of what I wrote in my submission to CAHS Assessment on Autism although I'm not nearly as eloquent as Autistic Science...
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peiautisticadults
Aug 30, 20216 min read
Interesting theory regarding social interactions:
I thought this was a fascinating article by Rachel Zamzow regarding something called Double Empathy. Very relevant to autistic adults...
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