There’s a lot of debate about whether self-diagnosis for autism, ADHD and similar disabilities is valid.
Autism and anarchy: Self-diagnosis is valid
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Autism and anarchy: The importance of autistic anarchism
Anarchism, for me, is just the name for a kind of politics that never stops being messy and never stops listening to personal and collective desires, no matter how unreasonable they seem.
Autism and anarchy: Real autistic community is a class community
Ablism is rooted in the fact that it delivers for some people, that it gathers energy unto itself and uses this like a squatting parasite to reproduce itself.
Autism and anarchy: Self diagnosis is community diagnosis
This is all informed by my anarchist perspective but the arguments I’m making should be clear to anyone who wants human liberation.
Recent Articles
The adventures of G. P. Maximoff
How the Russian anarcho-syndicalist became a political journalist, ended up in the Red Army, and helped organise Kropotkin’s funeral ~ Nikolai Gerasimov ~ In the 1930s, Chicago was the capital of American gangsters.
Rojava in the balance as SDF agrees integration with Syrian state
Concerns about communal democracy and gender equality in the region, despite constitutional guarantees for Kurds ~ Blade Runner ~ On 10 March, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi Kobani was transported to Damascus aboard a U.S.
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: Internationalist poet
An early British anti-fascist, her working-class voice was powerful and unique ~ Megan Williams ~ An internationalist thread went through Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s entire life and career, establishing her as a significant force in early twentieth century British socialism.
Notes from the US: Quack remedies
There has been little effective, determinative resistance to the fascist coup underway since Trump’s inauguration on 20 January ~ Louis Further ~ Articles of impeachment have been filed.
Tesla attacks, Iran repression, Mali teachers’ strike
World news in brief ~ Rob Latchford ~ Colorado police arrested Lucy Grace Nelson (40) on Monday outside a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, after a week long investigation into previous attacks on the dealership.
