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If recent research is a guide, many older adults are oblivious to their autism, while others are in denial or afraid to speak out. The first step will be overcoming the barrier of shame and encouraging a few older adults to step forward. I believe the trickle will become a wave—one that will pull Autism at Work and neurodiversity together into the future, and help drive a better quality of life for all of us, regardless of our degree of disability. They will be a huge inspiration to the community. … [Read more...] about Autism at Work Today and Tomorrow

I am a scientist who does research on false memory and evil, and I often get asked what my favourite movies are. I most like movies that are deeper than they appear, ones in which aliens are symbolic of an aspect of our humanity, techno-futures are thought experiments, and monsters are physical representations of our fears. … [Read more...] about 15 Mind-Bending Movies You Need to Watch

The WDC might be capped at a certain dollar figure, and participants in the program might have their disability rating re-evaluated every few years. It’s quite possible that many less disabled participants would work their way out of the program and end up as regular market rate employees. Those who remained disabled would continue to qualify for subsidy, thereby remaining attractive to their employers indefinitely. … [Read more...] about A Modest Proposal for Autistic Employment

Three years prior to arriving in Chicago—Rogers, in Counseling and Psychotherapy (1942), shed light on the pitfalls of information gathering and diagnosis in psychotherapy. He explained that, indeed, the field of psychology had gained a better understanding of human behavior, that psychotherapists understood more adequately the factors which underlie patterns. However, he instructed, “Then came the natural mistake of assuming that treatment was merely diagnosis in reverse, that all that was needed to help the individual was to explain to him the causes of his behavior (p 25)." He continued, "We do not change the client's behavior very effectively simply by giving him an intellectual picture of its patterning, no matter how accurate.” (p. 27) … [Read more...] about System for Mental Health Diagnosis Is Corrupt, Some Experts Say

Trumpcession: An intellectually debilitating condition, common among academics and progressive activists more generally, characterized by obsession with attributing bad events to Trump and Trump supporters.  Lest you think I make this up, this article blames white supremacy for black anti-Semitism.  Here is the exact quote: "especially when the perpetrators [of antisemitic attacks] are poor and black, the culprits are white supremacy and capitalism." … [Read more...] about An Orwelexicon for Bias in Academia and Psychology