List: Neurodiversity + Disability X Mental Health | Curated by Andrei Jiroh Halili

Apr 25, 2024
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Neurodiversity + Disability X Mental HealthMy hub for everything about neurodiversity + disability, mental health and its intersections. If you wrote or found articles related to the topics this reading list covers, shoot me over my socials linked in my profile's about page. Part of the #AwesomeNeurodiversity project.
The Autistic Codes
An Autistic on the Internet: A Place of Refuge or Distress?Why do so many autistics struggle on the Internet?
11 min read·Apr 2, 2021
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The Autistic Codes
Third Culture Autism: Being Different in a DifferenceAn autism self-advocate discusses how it feels like to get involved in both American and Indonesian cultures
12 min read·Apr 29, 2022
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The Autistic Codes
I’m Tired of Autistic InfightingConflicts between members of the autistic communities are getting more common, and I’m getting sick of them.
5 min read·Oct 20, 2023
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The Autistic Codes
This art graduate wants to get a degree in computer scienceAlright, alright, I admit it. I want to change fields from visual art to software engineering.
5 min read·Nov 21, 2023
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The Autistic Codes
Why Choose Between AI Companions and Humans? Pygmalion, that’s Why.Pygmalion is arguably one of the most influential figures in the development of AI companions in the Western world.
5 min read·Oct 29, 2023
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Terrie Schweitzer
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🏡 wfh
The inner game of working remoteHow to handle procrastination while trying to work within a delightfully full life
5 min read·Apr 11, 2024
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Devon Price
I’m pretty sure my friend is Autistic. Should I tell them?For far too long, external judgement has defined the neurodivergent experience. Let’s not continue that problem.
·6 min read·Apr 11, 2024
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Andrew Theophilou
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The Unexpected Autistic Life
From Eurodiversity to NeurodiversityA story of self-discovery on foreign soil
·8 min read·Apr 1, 2024
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Elizabeth Wright
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Age of Awareness
Infantilising Disabled People is a Thing and You’re Probably Unconsciously Doing It.Let me take you on a journey of infantilisation of disabled people and explain how to stop doing it.
·6 min read·Jan 13, 2020
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Jaime Martínez Bowness
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Work City
When Honesty Hurts: Between Authenticity and “Sincericide” at WorkA personal experience of how too much honesty can backfire, and a good way to navigate the thin line between being sincere and being…
·5 min read·Mar 14, 2024
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Ali Alzahrani, M.Sc., Editor
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ILLUMINATION
This is Why We Can Not Get Out of PovertyExploration of The Welfare Trap
·3 min read·Apr 1, 2024
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Alexandra Christensen
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How Xbox’s Video Game, Skate, Helps My Special Needs Son Safely Navigate His EnvironmentIt also made him a better skater in real life!
·8 min read·Mar 27, 2024
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Yuval Idan
I’ve been thinking about medication and clean water and the war.I’ve been thinking about medication. I’ve been thinking about medication and food and water and the sun and the war.
5 min read·Mar 25, 2024
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Jennifer Nelson
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ILLUMINATION
What Autism Looks Like in a Late-Diagnosed WomanHint: I don’t resemble Dr. Sean Murphy, Sheldon Cooper, or Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man.
·9 min read·Mar 17, 2024
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Nikki Butler - The Autistic Joyologist
The Intersection of Misogyny & Ableism For Autistic and ADHD WomenHonestly, this is why I use my voice. To support autistic and ADHD females. Not because I don’t care about autistic and ADHD males, I truly…
7 min read·Mar 10, 2024
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Natasha MH
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Ellemeno
The Blind Leading the BlindGiving a taste of privilege
·8 min read·Mar 16, 2024
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Marie Shanley - Mxiety
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Invisible Illness
I’m Less Depressed, But There Were No 5 Simple StepsPhoto created by the author
·7 min read·Mar 16, 2024
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The Conversation U.S.
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Wise & Well
Should People with Mental Illness be Eligible for Medically Assisted Death?Assessing a patient’s autonomy can be more difficult when mental illness is the main source of their suffering.
·5 min read·Mar 15, 2024
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Jennifer Nelson
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Why “How Can I Help?” Is the Hardest Question to AnswerMost of us genuinely want to help our loved ones when they’re in distress. Why, then, do so so many people reply with “I’m fine, thanks” or…
·5 min read·Mar 13, 2024
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Annika Hotta
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Ten Things I Can’t Do As An Autistic PersonFrom the inconsequential to the hilarious
·7 min read·Jan 30, 2024
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