The Tyranny of Indistinguishability, by Kassiane (Neurodivergent K blog).

‘Indistinguishability isn’t a moment … It is an unending job, and it gets more and more complex as you age. If there is anything I learned from How To Be A Real Person In 1000 Data Sheets, it’s that hiding is essential. Being noticed is the end of the world. Indistinguishability is tyrannical, because once you achieve it, it is the goal of every moment-to not be distinguished. That is no way to live a life. That actually isn’t a good goal at all. If the best prognosis you can possibly get is “will spend life hiding and exhausted”, you need to rethink your plans for that individual. Hiding is no way to live.’

Story of an Autistic teacher: encouraging Aspies beyond their “natural limits”, by Captain Quirk (Autistic, Not Weird blog). A lovely personal account of how the author’s role model/mentor stretched him beyond his comfort zone, and gave him responsibilities- and how this trust encouraged him to work in fields that would usually be considered unusual for an Aspie. He has seen this stretching/responsibility/trust have a similar effect in the children he has mentored.

Along with about 10,000 other people, I have spent the last six weeks participating in Swinburne University of Technology’s Autism MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).  One of the weekly videos was by Daniel Wendler, talking about how to build resilience – and here is the transcript of it.

11 Parenting Advice Tips from Autism Adults (MyAspergers.net blog). This article is the result of asking several Autistic Adults for their top tips to pass on to parents of Autistic children. Some great suggestions here!