Hanna Mashima is originally from Japan, a self-identified autist with OCD, Bipolar and Dissociative identity disorder.
Hanna builds her life around work and study, knowing the gap between her capabilities in professional capacity and private life.
Twitter: @hannamashima
https://linktree.com/hannamashima
This week she shared her path to self diagnosis, common misconceptions, and autism acceptance.
Tas (they/we) is a neurodivergent writer & published author. They are autistic, disabled, a medically diagnosed DID system, a person of color, nonbinary, queer, and proud. They have a passion for equal access and human rights. They advocate for inclusion, equal access, and acceptance of neurodiversity & disability. Primarily their advocacy is focused on higher education and workplace accommodations/navigation.
Website: https://tasthewriter.com/
Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/tasthoughts
Intersectionality impacts autistic people all over the world. A sensitive topic that is not often discussed is autism and religious trauma.
The lifelong effects of religious trauma on the mind are just now starting to be explored. While a spiritual belief can help heal trauma, it can also cause it.
Tas (they/we) is a neurodivergent writer & published author. They are autistic, disabled, a medically diagnosed DID system, a person of color, nonbinary, queer, and proud. They have a passion for equal access and human rights. They advocate for inclusion, equal access, and acceptance of neurodiversity & disability. Primarily their advocacy is focused on higher education and workplace accommodations/navigation. Last week they shared an article he wrote on Autism and Religious Trauma. This week they shared some of their own experiences with religion.
Website: https://tasthewriter.com/
Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/tasthoughts
Tom is a graduate of Edmonds College with an Associate of Technical Arts degree in Visual Arts. He lives in Seattle and is currently studying as a voice-over actor at the Seattle Voice Academy. He enjoys gaming, video editing, Photoshop, animation, and graphic design. This week he shared his experience working as the DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) on The Sound of Violet.
Daniel Ray Williams is a first time author who self-published his first book, an autobiography, My Voice: Faced with Autism in 2018. Daniel has a passion for writing and been writing since the age of 12. Daniel is at work writing his second book. This week he shared some of his difficulties navigating life as as a member of multiple marginalized identities and how his positive attitude has helped him throughout his life.
Molly Smith is an autistic, chronically ill, transplant recipient from Cambridgeshire, UK.
She loves spending time with her dog, rainbows, Disney, finding bargains, doing jigsaws and Nintendo gaming. She blogs about her life at http://mollysmusingsonlife.wordpress.com/.
This week she shared her experiences managing her social, public and medical environments.
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Grace Liu is a biracial, autistic, lesbian writer, artist, public speaker, and podcast host from the UK. She writes and speaks about Autism, LGBT issues, intersectionality and diversity, writing, and family issues.
This week she shared some of her experiences as a mixed-race Autistic lesbian.
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Stephen McHugh is a writer, blogger, and musician from Manchester, UK. He enjoys playing the piano, astronomy, numbers, technology, and writing children’s literature. Stephen blogs at Stephen’s Evolution about his experience on the autism spectrum.
This article is based on an interview with an Autistic 9th grader. It was written and edited collaboratively with the interviewer.
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Jaime A. Heidel is a late-diagnosed autistic woman who writes, advocates, and translates communication between the neurotypes so that autistic and non-autistic people better understand each other and communicate more effectively. You can find her on her Instagram page asking questions, sparking lively discussions, and gathering detailed information about the autistic experience to increase understanding and decrease the lifelong inter-neurotype miscommunication that leads to complex PTSD. This week she shared her experience growing up undiagnosed and how society can make strides to improve autism inclusivity.
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