Neurodiversity
Natural cognitive variation; the social model of disability.
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Different minds in the age of average
AI is a regression-to-the-mean engine: the more it mediates production, the more output converges on the modal. That makes genuine cognitive difference rarer and more visible — and neurodivergent minds are a large reservoir of it. A descriptive look at what that means, without the superpowers trope.
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Autistic adulthood as infrastructure: employment, housing, and supported autonomy
Past the transition cliff, autistic adults fall out of the pediatric system into sparse, fragmented adult infrastructure. Autistic adulthood is an infrastructure problem — employment (IPS place-then-train), housing (community integration with funded supports), and supported decision-making vs guardianship — with autonomy as the design goal.
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Race × autism: the diagnosis gap as a gatekeeping problem
Black and Brown autistic children are diagnosed later, misdiagnosed more often, and under-identified by the systems that gate access to support. A diagnosis is access — unequally gated — and the diagnosis gap is a gatekeeping problem, not a neutral clinical fact.
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What autistic people actually want researched
AutINSAR 2025 asked autistic people their research priorities. The answers — mental health, sensory processing, co-occurring conditions, autistic adulthood — are almost the opposite of where funding actually goes. A plain-language synthesis for parents and builders.