Tag Archives: unattainable goals

This Is Autism

Posted on November 18, 2013 by adkyriolexy

In response to Autism Speaks’ pathologizing, offensive, bigoted characterization of autism, various autistic writers and pro-autistic allies are writing our own accounts of what autism really is. So what is it? I need to go to the post office to … Continue reading →

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Virtuous Strength

Posted on October 28, 2013 by adkyriolexy

Strong Is The New Skinny, And That’s Not Necessarily A Good Thing—go read this. I read it this morning, and it helped trigger some clarity for the loose thoughts about health and “health” culture (and its inevitable overlap with disability) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autism, compromise, conversation, disability, excuses, health, language, mental health, obligations, propaganda, unattainable goals, unequal burdens | 30 Comments

Social and Moral Panic

Posted on October 26, 2013 by adkyriolexy

I stumbled across this public denunciation of well-educated women who choose to become homemakers recently, and while it’s not substantively different from most other denunciations of homemaking as a career choice, there was an aspect of it which I considered … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged disability, excuses, health, language, learned helplessness, mental health, obligations, propaganda, unattainable goals | 1 Comment

Freedom and Fraternity (Houses)

Posted on April 21, 2013 by adkyriolexy

When is an autistic person ready for adulthood? When is he or she ready for, and mature enough to handle, the decisions and responsibilities that accompany autonomous adult life? The question isn’t clear-cut with neurotypical youth, either. Attitudes vary, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, autism, autistic self-advocacy, awareness, conversation, credibility, disability, learned helplessness, mental health, propaganda, unattainable goals, unequal burdens | 3 Comments

Homesteading

Posted on April 12, 2013 by adkyriolexy

Inspired by this useful and thoughtful post. I have no problem whatsoever with the choice to grow or raise one’s own food. I think it’s a valid, even admirable choice, and I firmly oppose laws or ordinances that unduly infringe … Continue reading →

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Why Parents of Children with “Medical Autism” Should Support Neurodiversity and the Anti-Cure Movement

Posted on December 14, 2012 by adkyriolexy

Autism acceptance has been slowly gaining a bit of ground in the popular discourse (although one wouldn’t know it from the Congressional autism hearings, nor the coverage of the DSM revisions). We’ve gone from a movement that can be dismissed … Continue reading →

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Dear Internet Smartasses:

Posted on December 8, 2012 by adkyriolexy

We get it. The people you disagree with are stupid and deserve to be insulted. And what worse insult can you think of than calling them “retarded” or “mentally ill” or “bipolar” or “schizophrenic” or “autistic”? Or perhaps just suggesting … Continue reading →

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Changing the Odds (Autistics Speaking Day)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by adkyriolexy

Most of the terminology commonly associated with Autism Spectrum Conditions is undeniably degrading and dehumanizing: disorder, illness, regression, disease, suffering, impairment, low-functioning, broken, damaged, confined, relegated, trapped. However, terminology associated with a “positive” view of autism can, in its own … Continue reading →

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Dress for Self-Respect (or don’t)

Posted on October 2, 2012 by adkyriolexy

I’ve been known to be just a touch sensitive about the gendered aspects of pop psychology, particularly the premise that the female of the species is predisposed to self-hatred. Of course we’re damaged, vulnerable, abuse-seeking, self-loathing tubes of distressed damselhood, … Continue reading →

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8 Doses Hydrogen Hydroxide, Taken Daily: An Intensive, Demanding Therapy Regimen

Posted on October 1, 2012 by adkyriolexy

“Something is better than nothing!”—the rallying cry of defenders of autism therapies, however harmful, quackery-based, abusive, or senseless they may be. The worst treatment plan is infinitely better than no treatment plan at all, isn’t it? Who are we to … Continue reading →

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