Category: Neurodivergence
Story Time: A dandelion is me.
The dandelion arrives before the world has quite finished waking. After winter’s long hush, it opens a little circle of gold wherever the ground allows: in a garden, at the edge of a road, between two stones. Its name is said to mean lion’s tooth, a fierce name for a…
Renewal Of Commitments; 2026-2027
Every year from October 01st to December 31st, we perform an annual Renewal Of Commitments with ourselves. This is the progress update for October’s first, full week.
When Behavioral Compliance Becomes Coercive Treatment: ABA, PBS, Disability Rights, and the Torture Framework
Abstract Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Positive Behavior Support (PBS), and related behavioral interventions are not legally or ethically uniform practices. Some involve communication support, environmental modification, skill development, and voluntary reinforcement. Others have involved forced compliance, escape extinction, restraint, seclusion, contingent deprivation, physical prompting, punishment, and the suppression of harmless…
The 50% Responsibility of the Neuronormative
In the realm of human culture and society, the notion of superiority is often subjective and elusive. It is essential to recognize that there is no inherent superiority of neurotypical culture and society over neurodivergent ones, nor vice versa. Instead, what we encounter are differences, each with its own set…