As I said on Twitter, I am not surprised by the Supreme Court's ruling. (I'm still disgusted.) This is why I think they let it stand, though, instead of repealing it. Because the state constitution had already been rewritten once the ...Read More
http://www.thevoiceofautism.org/fenners/profile/ This is probably the first social-networking site on which we've signed up as plural. (Well, discounting journal/blogging sites, which are a bit different.) We chose not to sign up as a singlet there because of the site's commitment to neurodiversity, ...Read More
This is a day late for the Blog Against Disablism Day, but we were rather busy yesterday, and we've had almost all our spoons yanked away from us again. Yes, people are putting their stupid ticky boxes of rules over ...Read More
As we make abundantly clear all over this website, we do not identify with this body's physical characteristics or gender. Unfortunately, someone seems to be under the impression that we ARE those things, or live in a body that belongs ...Read More
When people think about discrimination, they think about the overt kind: calling black people the 'N' word, calling gays and lesbians faggots and dykes, and stoning women to death because they dared to wear an outfit that wasn't approved of ...Read More
For a subculture concentrated in a medium associated with social liberalism, the Internet ‘snark’ or ‘bastard’ culture (that is, the culture exemplified in Internet communities like Something Awful, Portal of Evil, Stupid_Free at Livejournal and Encyclopaedia Dramatica), is surprisingly conservative. ...Read More
Yey! I get to add something to the Pedants' Corner! I've ranted about this elsewhere, but not publicly. This is one of my spelling pet peeves. I cannot STAND it when people spell 'cannot' as two words. I see this error everywhere, ...Read More
It is easier for us to make friends and establish contacts online first. Some of this is because of expressive difficulties related to the system's autistic condition; some of it is from a need to express ourselves naturally. Because it ...Read More
So, we're finally starting the medical part of our transition! We had our first shot of testosterone this afternoon. So far, we haven't noticed much, but injectable testosterone tends to be slow-acting. We're starting on low doses, too. We'll probably ...Read More
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/autistic_robot Pay particular attention to the opening sentence: "Children with autism are often described as robotic: They are emotionless. They engage in obsessive, repetitive behavior and have trouble communicating and socializing." There is a long-standing stereotype, particularly amongst non-autistic people with limited ...Read More