Thank you for your kind words about me Julia. We are sorry to see you leave ASAN which has been a big part of your life for 12 years.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/2023/12/julia-bascoms-speech-for-asan-gala-2023/
INSAR ARC
Applications are now open for the next cohort for INSAR's ARC.
The INSAR Autistic Researchers Committee (ARC) was launched in 2020 as a dedicated space within the society to serve the growing demographic of autistic autism researchers. This body, composed of autistic researchers across multiple career stages, serves to advance the interests of autistic researchers within INSAR and advocate for adequate inclusion of this group across all INSAR programs.
The aims of the Autistic Researchers Committee are as follows:- To directly advocate for the integration and needs of autistic INSAR members (including students, trainees, early career researchers, senior researchers, and other member types) in INSAR programs.
- To create opportunities for scientific career development for autistic autism researchers.
- To ensure autistic scientists have adequate venues to offer their insights to the field across INSAR programs.
- To encourage autistic and non-autistic researchers within INSAR to engage in more participatory research that incorporates stakeholder input.
- To make INSAR conferences more accommodating and welcoming for autistic members and attendees.
- To promote the inclusion of and consideration of issues important to autistic people in INSAR meetings and in autism research across the sciences, social sciences, humanities, education, and other disciplines.
- To advise the INSAR Board on issues important to autistic people.
Racial Bias in Autism
Correll et al. (2002), points to societal judgements made about the Black community; that they are somehow less deserving. Goff et al. (2014) highlights racial bias in that Black children are thought to be less innocent than their White counterparts. What this racial bias translates to is substantial delays in the diagnosis of ASD for Black children, after the parents initially expressed concerns about the child’s development, despite the parents having health insurance (Costantino et al., 2020)
Read on here.....[link]
https://www.newsweek.com/dual-approach-autism-opinion-1818062
To drive true progress and improve the quality of life of all autistics we need BOTH Strengths_based_Opportunities AND Challenges_based_Solutions.
It is not Either-Or.
#Autism #Research #Strengths_based_opportunities #Challenges_based_solutions.
A Complex Discord of Autism and ADHD
A Complex Discord
Autism and ADHD, a complex discord.
In one mind-body how do both strike a chord?
Autism seeks a world slow, steady and same.
Routine's embrace, stability it claims.
ADHD bored by routine, seeks a rapid pace.
Mind, chasing change, an endless race.
Risk averse autism craves the comfort of the known.
Risk taker ADHD, seeker of the unexplored zone.
Autism insists on the same tasks - present, future, past.
Autism and ADHD, a complex discord.
In one mind-body how do both strike a chord?
Autism seeks a world slow, steady and same.
Routine's embrace, stability it claims.
ADHD bored by routine, seeks a rapid pace.
Mind, chasing change, an endless race.
Risk averse autism craves the comfort of the known.
Risk taker ADHD, seeker of the unexplored zone.
Autism insists on the same tasks - present, future, past.
ADHD craves for 10 new things each moment, a whirlwind cast.
Autism attention zooms inward- seeking comfort within.
ADHD attention flits externally - from thing to thing to thing.
In one mind-body, a battlefield unseen.
Autism's order, ADHD's ever-changing scene.
How can these opposites coexist?
Prefrontal Cortex, all in a twist?
Constant tug of war in this mind-body.
An unanswered quandary, how do I find clarity?
Autism attention zooms inward- seeking comfort within.
ADHD attention flits externally - from thing to thing to thing.
In one mind-body, a battlefield unseen.
Autism's order, ADHD's ever-changing scene.
How can these opposites coexist?
Prefrontal Cortex, all in a twist?
Constant tug of war in this mind-body.
An unanswered quandary, how do I find clarity?
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