Ann's Autism Blog
Saturday 24 February 2024
Codes of Conduct, Disability and Neurodivergence - How to Get it Right
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Good Codes of Conduct are a useful thing for so many places. Well worded, collaborative, sensible and kind, they can add so much to the n...
Monday 22 January 2024
Why is Brand New ABA still relying on evidence from these methods?
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On social media, I am often told that Applied Behaviour Analysis is now kind, ethical, considers potential harms, and seeks consent or ass...
Friday 8 December 2023
Time to move on from last century? How to reframe diagnostic criteria for autism?
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The first autism research was arguably carried out nearly 100 years ago, by Grunya Sukhareva (1926). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...
Monday 31 July 2023
When almost all movement or sound is called 'Challenging Behaviour' if you're autistic
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In some of my roles for organisations, I'm commissioned to review research papers about autistic people. Some of the findings are star...
Saturday 24 June 2023
"I don't like your tone"
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Decades of life as an autistic person, living amongst hundreds of other lovely autistic people, has given me some insights. One of these ...
Sunday 19 February 2023
Autistic Distress: Shutdown, Meltdown, Media and Public Knowledge
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Too many autistic people are asked to live unbearable lives. Now deafened and blinded by sensory overwhelm in the world, so many are force...
Saturday 4 February 2023
Who Are Autism Conferences For?
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In a recent autism news article, an academic is reported to have said that autism researchers at a conference were very relieved that few ...
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