It Is Time to Remove Stigma from Autism Interventions

• By: Rebecca Rosenzweig Autistic Self-Advocate
• July 9th, 2025
• aac communication, actually autistic, interventions, masking, mental health, neurodiversity, self-advocacy, stigma, Summer 2025 Issue, therapy
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Historically, autism has been blamed for the challenges autistic people face. Struggling to stay in school? Get a job? Make friends? “It's because of the autism.” The belief is this: If autistic people are trained to behave like someone without autism, they will face fewer challenges. Under...

Guidelines for a More Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice for Autism

• By: Rebecca Rosenzweig Autistic Self-Advocate Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP Brown University
• April 1st, 2022
• ABA, actually autistic, anxiety, communication, dysregulation, echolalia, eye contact, language, neurodiversity, research, sensory-processing differences, Spring 2022 Issue, stimming, training
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This article came out of discussions between the authors about guidelines for a more neurodiversity-affirming practice for autism. The training that is discussed in this article was developed by the first author (Rebecca Rosenzweig). Authors’ note: As an autistic person working in a...