![[Poem] For Us Autistics: Take My Hand](https://rebeccacavender.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/daniel-lincoln-1118974-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism writings, debunking myths, no cure, no prevention
The desert is blooming. The dead awakens: light upon wildflowers glistens sun through old waters— a return to home: The home within your cells. The home within your bones. The home that carries the cries of your ancestors, the blood of your lineage....
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism & girls, autism writings, debunking myths, essays, no cure, no prevention
We don’t need to cure autism. Autism and those of us who are autistic don’t need to be pathologized. I don’t need or want my autism cured. I don’t need or want my daughter’s autism cured. What the autistic community wants and needs is acceptance....
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism & girls, autism writings, debunking myths
It’s Autism Acceptance Month and so many of my dear ally, autistic, advocate friends are already aching and it’s only the 5th day in. Many of the loud messages out there, by sometimes well-meaning (sometimes not), but often misinformed people (because they...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism & girls, autism writings, debunking myths, essays, no cure, no prevention
A hallmark of autism is extreme sensitivity that can be expressed in ways that don’t appear socially “acceptable” or typical. This tends to be through movement, silence, or sound. We may become agitated or overwhelmed/overstimulated and begin moving or...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism writings
We get really scared to express ourselves, to show our hearts, and just be who we are. We worry about not being accepted, met, seen, loved, liked, understood, celebrated. We fear not belonging—as though this is even possible. I’m here to tell you...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance & inclusion, autism & girls, autism writings, debunking myths, essays |
An autism specialist and I were talking about the prevalent idea that if you love someone who is autistic (especially if you’re a parent of an autistic), then you’ve earned some kind of award. You’re a superhero. You’re a super-person. There are...
