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Towards a new paradigm: “Mimicry of the Oppressed” Part 2: Put your mask down, NT, so we can all be free
“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people–they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor…
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Towards a new paradigm: “Mimicry of the Oppressed”
Part 1 If we aren’t “masking”, what then is happening to us in those moments that neurotypicals (NTs) think we must be?
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Try to reach toward us (videographic)
Watch now (30 secs) | You could be saving lives
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Magic Eye me, baby, and see who I actually am
Reach across the divide into the liminal lands
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Why I don’t say “masking”
Masking means lying, and we neurodivergents suck at that.
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VesnaVK
Masking or Mimicry?
Non-autistic professionals commonly believe in something they call “autistic masking.” They say that individuals with autism learn to mask or hide their…
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How do you break free from your Neurotypical privilege?
Watch now (52 secs) | Cultivate compassion-three feet at a time (the distance of our hearts’ electromagnetic energy field).
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My big fat brain
The myth of the overgrown autistic prefrontal cortex
Spectrum Confessions
Spectrum Confessions
Welcome to Spectrum Confessions––nakedly self-revealing and deeply personal essays and articles that pull the curtain back on the nearly trillion-dollar autism services industry while 80%-90% of ASD adults hold degrees but are not employable.

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