Founder Guy Shahar has been thinking about the word neurodiversity- what it means and what it stands for. Whether it’s helpful or unhelpful in supporting the acceptance of every individual regardless of difference. Using the power of AI and presented in the form of a Conversation between two people debating
Why is Trauma so common in autism from a very early age, and what can autistic people and their parents do to help avoid it?
by Guy Shahar Published: 7th October, 2021 Authenticity is a much touted and prized value in society. One of the highest compliments that anyone can receive is that they are authentic. Many autistic people are extremely authentic by nature. It’s not even voluntary – we actually don’t have the ability to easily
by Guy Shahar Published: 23rd June, 2021 Because autistic and non-autistic people have different neurological profiles, they have different ways of making sense of many things, and different preferences around how to communicate. Neither is better or worse, but because the vast majority of people are non-autistic, it’s easy for a narrative
by Guy Shahar Published: 10th December, 2020 As profoundly sensitive beings in an increasingly material and pressure-driven culture, it is easy for our autistic children to feel that they are somehow inadequate. At home, at school and elsewhere, they can easily be given messages that they are slow or clumsy or generally
by Guy Shahar Published: 9th September, 2020 This is a very contentious question concerning all who are autistic or associated with autistic people. Autistic people tend to prefer to be called autistic, while those who work with them professionally tend to prefer to refer to them as people with autism. Why
by Guy Shahar Published: 9th January, 2020 Guy Shahar asks whether there might be a more useful way to think about autism. Autism is almost universally considered to be a neurological condition. However, I have been learning over recent months and years that while there is undoubtedly a very significant neurological
This is the article on which my recent TED talk was based (you can also watch the TED talk here). It is a development and extension of the article, What is Autism, Really?, and represents the conceptual backbone of The Transforming Autism Project. Autism is a lifelong disability whereby the
by Guy Shahar Published: 5th July, 2016 To many who come across autism in passing, it is considered a disability, through which people are rendered in some way deficient, having the handicap of not being able to function as normal people and (this part is usually unconscious) of being less
by Guy Shahar Published 6th May, 2016 In their very different ways, these 2 deeply moving and powerful books can genuinely transform how we perceive autism. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida This book was written by a 13 year old virtually non-verbal Japanese autistic boy. He communicates what is
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