Autism Is Genetic. It’s Time Society Caught up With the Evidence

• By: Loveartpix Autistic Artist, Educator, and Advocate
• October 20th, 2026
• autistic identity, environmental accommodations, genetic evidence, lived experience, neurodivergence, research, stigma, vaccine misinformation
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For decades autistic people have had to listen to other people debate what supposedly made us autistic. Vaccines have probably been one of the most persistent claims, despite this question being researched repeatedly over many years. I really hope we are finally reaching a point where this...

Who Is Caring for Whom? Rethinking Care Work and Disability

• By: Rhonda Cheryl Solomon, MSc, PhD (cand.) University of Toronto
• April 3rd, 2026
• autism self-advocacy, autistic identity, disability and care work, emotional labor, masking, sensory sensitivities, social expectations, Spring 2026 Issue, stigma
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I feel literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. It’s the night of my choir performance and the choir is grouped by sections and lined up in rows in the community centre auditorium. I find myself in the centre of the soprano section: there’s one row in front of me, one row behind, and...