Understanding Neurodivergence as Natural Human Variation
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The Communication Illusion: Why We Need to Rethink Autism and "Social Deficits"
If you open the DSM-5, the diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals worldwide, you will find autism described largely through a lens of lack. Specifically, it highlights "deficits in social communication." For decades, the medical community has used the non-autistic (neurotypical) majority as the undisputed
Welcome to the new home!
This is the new home of GlisZEN, moving into our own home. You will see that all of the previous GlisZENing with Swift Mind Care (Substack Site) content should be here, and likely unlocked...and the hope is to make this so it is less cumbersome to read, and to
Autism Was Never One Thing. The Science, and the Diagnosis Itself, Prove It.
You’ve probably seen a headline claiming scientists found a drug that “treats autism.” It happens every few years, with a different molecule each time. Oxytocin. Psychedelics. The gut microbiome. Most recently, a drug called rapamycin. I’m not going to spend much time on the drug itself, because the
What My Diagnosis Explained About Trust
...your instinct to believe people and assume good faith is not a bug