Sitemap - 2023 - The AutSide
Helping to make things right for autistic Uni students
Telehealth as a solution to the crisis in SpEd?
Upending the teaching model in the US
Do "Nature-Based Interventions" work?
Why I eat healthy by eating no "healthy foods"
December 25th's festivities around the world and across time
Autism registry in East Haven Connecticut?
California's ELSBG Initiative Yielded Gains - Now What?
Can AI Transform Education for Students With Dyslexia?
The Barriers to an Adult Diagnosis of Autism
How long will you be on your meds?
Eugenics underpins AI chat bots
Lost in Translation - the Science of Reading edition
Traditional grading creates more problems than it solves
The problem with how we discuss literacy
Thought experiments with ChatGPT
Promoting Inclusion in the Classroom Through Better Teacher Training
Quality of autism early intervention research questioned
Texas sues Pfizer over ADHD meds
You have the right to remain silent - so exercise it.
Differentiating readings for students with IEPs
Stop thinking in binaries already!
Guest Article: What I Do as an Autistic Art Therapist
No place for autism in AP classes?
Three Cheers for Community Organisers
Holistic Instruction vs. the Big Lie
Why do journalists lie about standardised test results?
Public universities should embrace students with intellectual disabilities — now
Underdiagnosed and undertreated, Black students with ADHD get left behind
A neuroscientist explains the Adderall conundrum
To Play or Not to Play: Examining Background Sounds in the Classroom
Improving Care for Autistic Adults?
Is love a battlefield for autistic people?
Using AI to Support Student-Led Inquiry?
Pathological Demand Avoidance vs Pervasive Desire for Autonomy
Why is gaslighting so harmful to autistics?
Reflections on life in forensic science
Does autism pose advantages in bystander scenarios?
Decolonizing language instruction
Deconstructing a Native Advertisement
Visual discrimination and autism
When is genocide not genocide?
1 in 4 autistic adolescents in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area are undiagnosed
Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English face another hurdle in Washington state
You'll own nothing. But will you be happy?
Employment questions for autistics
Reflections on getting older as an autistic person
Reframing Autism as an Alternative Form of Consciousness?
When "school choice" masks fascism
What I learned this week: sovereignty
Where’s the Evidence from The Reading League’s Corporate Sponsors?
Reasons Why More Students Are in Special Education
Students Are Missing School Because They’re Too Anxious to Show Up
UDL Week: Why no UDL for adult professional meetings?
UDL Week: Day 7 - Direct / Explicit Instruction and pre-teaching new vocabulary
UDL Week: Day 6 - Support for Unfinished Learning
UDL Week: Day 5 - Twice Exceptional / Gifted
UDL Week: Day 4 - English Language Learners / Emerging Bilinguals
UDL Week: Day 2 - Other Health Impairments
UDL Week: Day 1 - Specific Learning Disabilities
Taking the SAT as an autistic student
Have you heard of the ancient sport, poona?
Why are there so many articles about the "double empathy problem?"
Using AI Assistance to Support Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Writing
Yes, incarcerated youth are entitled to an education in the US
Special interest update: Cenél Loairn
How many biological sex chromosome variations are there?
K-2 Universal Screening for Reading Difficulties: California's SB 114
Banned Books Week: The Color of Earth (series)
Someone just invented the wheel
Maximum Caseload: a brief pause for poetry
Study shows nearly 300% increase in ADHD medication errors
Banned Books Week: The Hate U Give
Marital Status: Parents of Autistic Individuals Studied
Transforming School Culture: Training Educators to Recognize and Prevent Bullying
LBGTQ+ History Month - meet Bayard Rustin
Book bans are about something other than books
Time-to-event estimation of birth prevalence trends
HBR: People with Disabilities Are an Untapped Talent Pool
Getting parents ready for the coming scarcity in autism diagnoses
Advantages of dyslexic workers
Plunder, Private Equity, and Education
The Importance of Psychological Safety in the Workplace
Reviewing the legacy of racist scientists
Autistic adults show enhanced generosity to socially distant others
ADHD linked to higher risk of developing other disorders and attempted suicide, new study finds
Teachers are digging even deeper to afford classroom necessities
Stanford Study Reveals Broader Memory Challenges in Autistic Children
Thoughts on justice and strikes
Some thoughts on student loan debt
FDA approves generic versions of ADHD drug Vyvanse
Teacher vacancies jump by 51% in the US
Sensory sensitivity vs head-on-a-swivel
Report reveals over 10,000 young kids did not receive mandated special education services
What federal education data shows about students with disabilities in the U.S.
Idaho parents may wait years for autistic children to see a proper specialist
In defense of Equity Grading and Instruction
How Do Public Schools Identify Learning Disabilities In Students?
Choosing Your College Campus: 10 Must-Ask Questions for Autistic High School Seniors
Blue Envelope Bill aims to help autistic drivers and police during traffic stops in Massachusetts
The Voyage of Bran for the modern era
Teacher shortages are everywhere in the US
As Higher Ed Goes Digital, ADA Compliance Falls Behind
The Collateral Damage of ADHD Drug Shortages
Is tele-health the answer to the diagnosis backlog?
What kind of autism content is on TikTok?
Autism prevalence trending down?
Deconstructing Jacques Derrida
Health conditions in autism: Defining the trajectory from adolescence to early adulthood
The intersection of autism & gender dysphoria
Art That Captures What it Feels Like to Be Autistic
Who Autism Research Leaves Out
New genetic clues uncovered in largest study of families with multiple autistic children
What are the results of "test and punish?"
What is the adult autistic population in the US?
US Lawmakers Propose New Bill That Would Help Fund EHRs for Behavioral Health Providers
The problems with teaching in the US
The US is failing its students, again
More of the same will lead to more of the same
What federal education data shows about disabled students in the U.S.
Writing Across The Curriculum (Yikes)
Can Young Children Actually Learn From Educational Apps?
The Native Ads need to catch up
Indiana program tests the effectiveness of primary care doctors diagnosing autism
Repetition is the key to learning
Little-Discussed Reasons Why Students Might Not Like to Read
How do assessment and accountability systems work?
What's going on in Houston, Tx?
Mom, I want to be a teacher when I grow up.
Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits are available in California
Today, I identify as a space beagle. Tomorrow, we'll see ...
The effect of learning to drum on behaviour and brain function in autistic adolescents
Ways teachers are configuring AI for classroom use
Autistics are more likely to experience depression and anxiety than are neurotypicals
Alternative Employment Paths Exist for Those With Learning Disabilities
Do adaptive assessments disadvantage students?
It’s only a matter of time before A.I. chatbots are teaching in primary schools
Prepare for chatbots to teach kids to read
Does the word Pathogenesis belong in discussions of autism?
Autism, Inc.: The Autism Industrial Complex
Inclusiveness for Autistic Students
Is it anxiety or ADHD, or both?
Is There a Best Time in Life to Learn You're Autistic
Netherlands doctors are euthanizing autistic people
Advocate or Activist? It depends upon who's asking
Help Wanted (still) - SpEd Teachers
Autistic Traits and Eating Disorders
Effect of the Method of Training on Generalization of Social Skills in Autistic Children
Explore how AuDHD impacts relationships differently than autism alone
Surviving a job interview as a non-verbal autistic person
School voucher programs bankrupting states, a design flaw or a feature?
What are low incidence disabilities?
A new employment model for autistic people with intellectual disabilities?
Current trends in autism research—the helpful & the harmful
Autistic verbal & nonverbal communication differences
Retrocausality, Teleology, and one's Quality World Picture
Is it Long Past Time to End the Tyranny of High-Stakes Testing in Education?
Will capitalism save education from the problems it created?
Autism and the Power Threat Meaning Framework
Calling in "Burned Out" to work
Capitalism's impact on the autistic experience
Intentionally planning for college
ChatGPT channels Charles Mackay
Is arming educators a bad idea?
“The Right to Read” is Horse Manure
Metaphysical musings on what non-verbal means
First they blamed our mothers, now our fathers.
Making IEP Behavioural Goal Action Plans with ChatGPT
Q&A: Offering Autism Services to Non-English Speakers Requires More Than Translation
Left behind in school evacuations, disabled students demand more protection in New Jersey
The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
What differentiation can look like in a maths classroom
The policing of queer students
The impact of school vouchers in the US
Using ChatGPT to help create SMART IEP goals
Recent interview about rise in autism prevalence ignores the Text Revision to the DSM
How Police Interrogation Techniques Fail Autistic People
Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools and the adjudication process of a special education dispute
Natural Language Processing: the big picture
The links between gender, autism, and anxiety explored ... or are they?
EdWeek breaks down the US budget fight in terms of its effects on education
Parents fight back against allegedly abusive Principal
The next shiny object in education
Are autism and selective mutism mutually exclusive?
Mapping gene expression patterns within the brain
What are Natural Language Processors?
Getting old as an autistic person
Most Americans are unhappy with the math taught in classrooms, new survey shows
Distinguishing Similar Traits of Autism and ADHD - A Challenge for Science and Society
A note on the new Notes feature
GLP, assimilation, and fun with ChatGPT
Interacting with government in America as an autistic person
What's wrong with "affinity graduations?"
Is maternal prenatal exposure to lithium in drinking water associated with autism in offspring?
What is Manifestation Determination?
Are US polling locations ADA compliant?
A basic introduction to ChatGPT for autistic people
The ADA needs an update for the digital era
Where's the science in the Science of Reading?
New Study: many young autistic kids are kicked out of day care
Are the pandemic babies and kids OK?
Why is eye contact different for autistics?
Amid educator shortage, Minnesota bill endangers thousands of special ed, rural and tech teachers
Autism support organizations: free AAC devices, grants, and more
‘Flourishing’ measure may not hold up for autistic children
Why many autistic empaths suffer with chronic anxiety
Rates of autism diagnosis in children are at an all time high - CDC
Keynote Speech at United Nations by Embrace Autism's Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht
The Absolute Folly of Standardization
The role of the free public school in autistic liberation?
The World of Autistic Imagination
Where to find my book, No Place for Autism?
Why do doctors recommend extensive therapies after an autism diagnosis?
Why kids aren't falling in love with reading
Why aren't student teachers paid?
Researchers are still looking for the "cause" of autism
How dyslexia changes in other languages
Neurotypical accommodations and unwritten Rules
2023 EdTech Evidence Mid-Year Report
A future without printed books?
New journals seek to fill neurodiversity gap
Biden budget increases spending on SPED?
National Parents Bill of Rights?
Why do autistic people have such trouble sleeping?
What does it mean to pre-teach vocabulary?
SEL and students with disabilities in the classroom
Why are autistic traits often mischaracterized as BPD traits?
Does telemedicine offer hope in speeding up access to diagnoses?
Where will special education go in privatized schooling?
Roald Dahl: censorship or good sense?
Retaining Special Educators with Autism Expertise in Schools
Sensory Processing Issues Explained
Follow the money, or why the DSM had to be revised again
Substance Use Disorders and ADHD: 5 Key Facts and Additional Resources
Autism & eating disorders: could Alexythemia be the missing link?
Autistic women’s experiences of diagnosis
What's behind the autism sex ratio?
Honey bees: understanding autism & social behaviour
63% of educators consider leaving profession
How to Keep Students Writing in the Age of AI Tools
Pregnancy as "involuntary servitude?"
There’s a new high school diploma for Indiana students with significant cognitive disabilities
Autism research at the crossroads
English is a limiting language that prevents us from communicating with complexity
The Pros And Cons Of Identifying As Disabled
Do People With ADHD Have a Creative Advantage?
What do IEP goals for twice exceptional students look like?
LA Parents, Advocates Blast Uneven Recovery Plan for Students With Disabilities
Are disabled people being disregarded by businesses?
Are allergic diseases genetically related to developmental differences?
Sony announces new controller aimed at disabled gamers
Big Pharma is coming for your chubby teen
Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?
Bracing for a Tidal Wave of Unnecessary Special Education Referrals
How Inflation Is Squeezing Educators
Disabled students face setbacks, safety risks as Oregon special education systems struggle
What exactly is 'neurodiversity?' Using accurate language about disability matters in schools.
Another way of viewing echolalia
Staffed Up: The push and pull of strategic pay as a teacher shortage solution
For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps
Youngest Kids in Class More Likely to Get Prescribed ADHD Meds
Researchers gain a better understanding of how the most commonly used ADHD medication works
Is there anything wrong with using genetic + registry data in an AI model to predict a diagnosis?
″Acting out is their way of not looking or feeling stupid, or that they can′t do something.″
Creating a Gradeless Class in a School That Requires Grades?
Is there a link between hearing loss and autism?
Reconciling active learning methods with legacy standardized testing