Autism and Disability News
“We resisted neurotypical ways of making films”: how The Stimming Pool creates space for an autistic cinema
Steven Eastwood and Georgia Bradburn of the Neurocultures Collective tell us about their bold experiments with an ’autistic camera’ on The Stimming Pool, and why they resisted explaining autistic behaviour on screen.
Eye and ear checks to be offered to autistic students at school
Children and young people in England with special educational needs are to be offered NHS eyesight, dental and ear checks in their schools from next year.
Pilot project to help neurodivergent pupils thrive
Children at 40 Kent primary schools will test out a national project to help neurodivergent pupils thrive. The 20 schools in Medway and 20 in Maidstone will get access to education and health specialists and parent carer forums.
My son's autistic and so am I. There’s nothing wrong with either of us.
This is an extract from a longer essay by Sarah Whiteside that explores flawed social and scientific attitudes to neurodivergencce, as well as the effects these can have on the daily lives of autistic people.
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