Hello All. I hope you are well during these challenging times. I am writing to provide a few updates. My third blog (this blog) is a bit hard to find, since I changed the domain name. Here is the direct link to Everyday Autistic. My artist’s blog is Belly of a Star. Here is the Autistic Trait’s List. Here… Continue reading Updates and new link to blog
Enough about They; it’s time for Us.
Today I will be speaking on a panel about workplace accommodations for autistic employees and about Autism-Hiring Initiatives in general. Later in the week, I’ll be speaking on Job Tips for Autistic Job Seekers. I am diagnosed autistic and with gifted-intellect and with PTSD and GAD; in addition I am dyslexic, dyspraxic, and likely an… Continue reading Enough about They; it’s time for Us.
Who’s With Me? I am ready to move on
I feel most at peace when I was writing spiritual prose such as this: Dearest Children of the Light I am not at peace now and haven’t been for a couple of years. Not since a relationship ended that pretty much tore me in half. I am really tired. Tired of autism. Tired of life.… Continue reading Who’s With Me? I am ready to move on
Liberty and Justice for All? Workplace Neurodiversity Hiring Initiatives
Discrimination isn’t always obvious. Sometimes discrimination is cloaked in good deeds and good intentions. Candy-coated with awards and recognition. Sometimes discrimination is a result of purposeful initiatives.A means of branding. There are clues: subtle segregation. No representation of the minority group who is being spoken about, in image, words, or panel, or limited representation: the… Continue reading Liberty and Justice for All? Workplace Neurodiversity Hiring Initiatives
Being Autistic in a World of Watchers
“I deeply regret sharing my diagnosis. My coworker thought Aspergers was an extremely awful disability that makes people uncomfortable. He had no reference point. And nothing was ever the same again. It resulted in the end of our working relationship. If I was ever to go into another job, the last thing I would ever… Continue reading Being Autistic in a World of Watchers
We are different not defective: Neurodivergent individuals and their supporters speak out in response to ‘$5 Million Grant Awarded to Make Autistic People Mask’
These are community members responses to: $5 Million Grant Awarded to Make Autistic People Mask in Job Interviews Based on the National Science Foundation’s $5 million grant given to the Yang-Tan Institute of Employment and Disability “to help create better job outcomes for people with autism spectrum disorder.” Grant link *Why should I, an older guy,… Continue reading We are different not defective: Neurodivergent individuals and their supporters speak out in response to ‘$5 Million Grant Awarded to Make Autistic People Mask’
Divergent Justice: One Human’s View of Equality
Feel free to connect with Marcelle Ciampi in Linkedin or Samantha Craft on Facebook Equality does not equate to acceptance—the whole of the human race will never reach mutual agreement on what is acceptable—be it physical, emotional, mental, cognitive or behavioral presentation. It’s an impossibility. There will always remain limits to acceptance based on our… Continue reading Divergent Justice: One Human’s View of Equality
Moving from a Deficit Medical Model to a Social Model for Humans on the Autism Spectrum
Image of black bird perched atop an empty closed cage with words below reading: Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness. In all capitals. Quote by Alejandro Jodorowsky. The spectrum of autism, including the variable attributes of nationality, age, gender identity, ability, intersectionality, and coexisting conditions, greatly determines one’s understanding of the… Continue reading Moving from a Deficit Medical Model to a Social Model for Humans on the Autism Spectrum
The Blue World of LinkedIn: A Neurodivergent Individual’s View
(Please note, I cannot get to comments on this blog, at this time.) * The Blue World of LinkedIn A jumbly prose by Samantha Craft, 9.2020 * It’s all jumbly when I jump online and go to the blue place.*** I think about ‘my autism’—I mean being autistic.* And how there are days LinkedIn seems… Continue reading The Blue World of LinkedIn: A Neurodivergent Individual’s View
A Simple Message
(Image of stick figure in black paint holding up red empty heart with the words: Trauma is the chronic disruption of connectedness. A quote by Stephen Porges. Original posting of image by Beacon Services in UK.) * The global crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic comes with many challenges and tragic losses. The continual changes and… Continue reading A Simple Message
Everyday Autistic 