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Doing gender the Autistic way
Gender is tricky – it is reliant on the complex interweaving of cultural and social factors, including race, class and disability – for many Autistic people this means our gender is inextricable from our neurology (see Autigender: is autism and gender entwined?). Gender norms are influenced by culturally specific expectations, attitudes and norms, modelled to…
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Alt text and screen readers
Lots of different people use screen readers to translate and process text and images on screens (mostly visually impaired and blind people but also dyslexic people. I use one as I have trouble reading long text on screens). Emojis Many of these screen readers can translate emojis, but some older ones cannot. There can also…
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Spectrum 10K – the boycott continues
Since its announcement in August 2021 thousands of us Autistic people have raised major concerns around the ethical considerations (or lack thereof) of the Spectrum 10K study. If you’re unaware of the study and it’s aims please see the immense amount of resources created by the Boycott Spectrum 10K via aucademy here. Due to the…