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Awkward conversation among coworkers - man thinks he's funny, but the woman is shocked - candid image of real people in New Zealand, NZ
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Question Posed to Autistic Person Wasn’t Really Question

by Jeremy EinbinderNovember 6, 2025November 6, 2025
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Another Brave High School Girl Talks to Disabled Kid at Lunch

by Macklin YoumansSeptember 23, 2025September 23, 2025
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Local Autistic Isn’t Nonspeaking; They Just Don’t Want to Talk to You

by Spencer HunleyAugust 29, 2025August 29, 2025
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Autistic Boy’s Special Interest Too Gender Conforming for Psychologists to Notice

by Jeremy EinbinderAugust 23, 2025August 23, 2025
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Parents Ashamed of Their Disabled Child Find Nice Little Sleepaway Camp so She Can Be Someone Else’s Goddamn Problem for Once

by Jeremy EinbinderAugust 15, 2025August 15, 2025
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Opinion: Any Actor Who Plays an Autistic Character Too Well Should Get Tested. Or Really Any Character Autistic Fans Identify with Too Closely

by Jeremy EinbinderJuly 8, 2025July 8, 2025
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Autistic Scientists Gather to Analyze Why People Are Mad at Them

by Jeremy EinbinderJuly 5, 2025July 5, 2025
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Oops! Autistic Woman Twisting Her Hair as a Stim Mistaken as Master Flirter

by Bea MienikMay 31, 2025May 31, 2025
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Disabled Adult Tired of Explaining to PCAs that Yes, All Those LEGOs Are Theirs

by KateApril 29, 2025April 29, 2025
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Uh-Oh: This Autistic Man Hates Stereotypes, Loves Trains

by Julia ShuttleworthMarch 1, 2025March 6, 2025
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8 Additions to Autism Diagnosis Criteria in DSM-6

by Cameron StevensFebruary 21, 2025March 5, 2025
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A woman leans over a couch to yell at her child
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‘You’re Not Autistic!’ Clearly Autistic Parent Scolds Autistic Child

by Jeremy EinbinderJanuary 25, 2025January 25, 2025
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POLITICS

  • Disappointed Nation Beginning to Think RFK Hasn’t Actually Found the Cause of Autism
    November 15, 2025
  • Opinion: Xanax Should Be Free Under Fascism
    October 22, 2025
  • Who Said It: A Disability Charity or a Eugenicist?
    October 21, 2025

CULTURE

  • Sleeping Beauty Actually ME/CFS Girly Waiting for Doctor, Not Unlicensed Prince
    November 30, 2025
  • Marvel Director Reveals Invisible Disabled Superhero Was in Movie the Whole Time
    August 27, 2025
  • Disabled Baseball Fan Enjoys Accessibility of Empty Stadium for Shitty Team
    August 25, 2025

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  • Pfizer Rolls Out Vaccine For Latest Variant of Taco Bell Diarrhea
    January 7, 2026
  • Audio Description Ruins Family TV Night During Unexpected Sex Scene
    January 7, 2026
  • Speech Pathologist Delivers Utterly Unpronounceable Diagnosis 
    December 23, 2025

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