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The Facebook of the Autism Community

I was talking with an old friend of mine the other day and we got onto the subject of Autisable, and what its real focus is. I shared with him that it's about connecting the Autism Community to discuss issues surround…
Only People WITH Autism Have The Right To Talk About It?

Recently, Rob from Lost and Tired wrote a blog post called “We’re on the same team….right?” which, the title pretty much speaks for itself. And I’ve often written about how it seems that…
Autism and It's Fractured Community

On every autism group website I have visited I see a claim of community. We claim to be a community coming together or already there. The truth is, autism is the one medical condition that has more dissension and dive…
Autism and Google+: A new wave in the Autism Community

I’ve been using Google+ for a little while now (being relative since it’s only a month old) and the way I see it, Google+ could radically alter the Autism Community online forever… that is… i…
Autism and Community

Community. It is a word I’ve used a lot in the last two years. I’ve written about the autism community. In spite of the divides and differences, it is a place I’ve considered my virtual home for the…
Mrs Bear's Triumphant Return

Some of you will be aware that The Boy's long standing companion, Mrs Bear, went missing in January of this year. I wrote a post on the blog, and asked someone on Twitter to RT it. What followed, frankly, blew me awa…
The Best Part About the Autism Community

One could argue that the Autism community is strong, but really it’s quite divided… one could also say that it’s very passionate but that passion is often what causes the division. One could say tha…
Rainbows and Puzzles

I wrote the following essay for my English 100 class where the assignment was to analyze the use of metaphors outside of literature. I chose to write about the metaphorical concepts that permeate the autism communit…
Introducing AutisableTV

We are now on Youtube with our Official Youtube Channel - AutisableTV. Our plan is to promote and share Autism and Autisable just as we are with Facebook and Twitter. Here's one of our Videos, created at Animoto.com, u…
From Cure to Community

In March of 2010, an article by Nancy Bagatell appeared in a special issue of Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (Vol 38, Issue 1). It’s called From Cure to Community: Transforming Noti…