Archive - Spectrum Confessions

4 Things Uncanny Valley Girl & Auto-da-fé have in Common

In 1478, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, had taken the Spanish throne and wanted the country unified around the Catholic Church.

Apr 6 •

Uncanny Valley Girl

March 2023

Try to reach toward us (videographic)

You could be saving lives

Mar 31, 2023 •

Uncanny Valley Girl

0:29

Magic Eye me, baby, and see who I actually am

Reach across the divide into the liminal lands

Mar 31, 2023 •

Uncanny Valley Girl

Why I don’t say “masking”

Masking means lying, and we neurodivergents suck at that.

Mar 19, 2023 •

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…

Mar 18, 2023 •

Uncanny Valley Girl

How do you break free from your Neurotypical privilege?

Cultivate compassion-three feet at a time (the distance of our hearts’ electromagnetic energy field).

Mar 15, 2023 •

Uncanny Valley Girl

0:51

My big fat brain

The myth of the overgrown autistic prefrontal cortex

Mar 15, 2023

February 2023

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