Hybrid as an accommodation

Hybrid as an accommodation gets to the heart of some of the core features of autism: social communication challenges and sensory sensitivities.

- Hari Srinivasan, Fortune

 Read full article at https://fortune.com/2023/07/27/flexible-work-critics-using-same-arguments-were-used-oppose-disabled-ramps-closed-captioning-equity-access-never-optional-remote-work-careers-hari-srinivasan/

 

Scientific Peer-Review Mentoring Program

Going to get to learn new skills. ....

Research Methodologies

Read at https://time.com/6299599/autism-research-limited-essay/

"In order to increase representation of a wider profile of autistics in research, it is crucial to reconsider research methodologies and the tasks involved.

...we should leverage advancements in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to develop new technologies or repurpose existing ones used in other fields.

...we should explore innovative approaches like mobile labs which increase geographic reach, diversity and accessibility."

-Hari Srinivasan, Time
 

Comment in Vanderbilt Hustler

Very happy to comment on Prof Keivan Stassun for this article in the Vanderbilt Hustler

Autism and Grief

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202402/the-spectrum-of-loss-grief-through-the-autistic-lens

How Reasonable are Reasonable Accommodations at Work

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202410/how-reasonable-are-reasonable-accommodations-at-work

Without a clear definition of what is “reasonable,” employers may opt only for “neurodiversity-lite” employees, those they perceive as requiring minimal accommodations and whose neurodivergent traits, such as creativity and problem-solving, are seen as direct assets to the company.

 

Neurotypical standards of Happiness

 "Danger of misunderstanding and misrepresenting the autistic community, with interventions possibly imposing neurotypical standards of happiness that feel inauthentic or unrelatable." - Hari Srinivasan 

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2024.38246.pw

A Disheartening Lack of Progress in Practical Solutions

  Read at https://www.newsweek.com/dual-approach-autism-opinion-1818062

"My own experience reveals a disheartening lack of progress in practical solutions for autistics like me in the past 2.5 decades, since my diagnosis as a toddler. Autism, now recognized as the fastest growing neurodevelopmental disability, stands at 1 in 36 children according to the CDC" 

- Hari Srinivasan, Newsweek

Autism Europe International Congress later this year.

 

Disability and Multilingualism

Language is not just a means of communication; it is also a carrier of cultural identity and personal expression

Read Full Article at unesco.org...

 

Paid support staff go home to their own family at the end of the day.

 https://time.com/6551520/loneliness-autism-essay/ 

Dominant Discourses

Terrific piece, Hari!  I really appreciated reading it, and I hope there will be more conversations about dominant discourses about "independence" - an entirely Western construction, which should be problematized at so many levels.

Read at https://time.com/6551520/loneliness-autism-essay/

My other articles in Time: https://time.com/author/hari-srinivasan/

My other publications: https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/p/published-work.html

Transition is a fundamental challenge

 

https://www.dailycal.org/2018/03/15/first-transitions