Nish

If there's anyone else who is #actuallyautistic and not white, but does anyone have any throughts on how the 'double empathy' problem through an intersectional lens?

I just know how much cultural norms make different acceptable behaviours which also play out in autistic spaces. And so I don't think it's as simple as the 'double' empathy, other factors also come into play.

May 8, 2022 at 11:15amWeb
Show threadNishMay 8, 2022
The vast majority of things I find on autistic people that is written by autistic people always seems to erase intersectionality. The only article that I've come across which begins to address the issue is this: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/524123
Show threadWill Tuladhar-DouglasMay 9, 2022
@acaciathorns We're actually working on this exact challenge. Two colleagues are setting up an APO led by folks of colour in Scotland. Where are you? Central belt?
Show threadFerrousMay 10, 2022
@acaciathorns I talk about it a little bit in the piece I wrote about autism & empathy in 2018, if this is any help:
https://link.medium.com/HJNBJXjqUpb
Show threadFerrousMay 10, 2022
@acaciathorns but as you know, I'm white, and not doing much more there then drawing attention to the complexity of empathy and the existence of parallel problems for other groups.
Show threadSonnyMay 10, 2022
@acaciathorns I talk about it a bit in the second half of this piece, but it would be good to go more in depth sometime: https://link.medium.com/13jijm9rUpb
Show threadbenxMay 8, 2022

@acaciathorns

https://twitter.com/lolobilto/status/1518633751844212736

Laura on Twitter

“FOR BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC AUTISTIC PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics (SEMA) are a group of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic people who wish to set up a national network for autistic people from Black communities in Scotland.”

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Show threadBix FrankonisMay 10, 2022
@acaciathorns Keep an eye out for the special issue of the journal Autism in Adulthood on intersecting identities in autistic adults. I don’t know the ETA, but if you go to their editorial board page hit up Christina Nicolaidis via email to find out. https://home.liebertpub.com/cfp/special-issue-on-intersecting-identities-in-autistic-adults/345/
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers | Call for Papers | Special Issue on Intersecting Identities in Autistic Adults

Special Issue on Intersecting Identities in Autistic Adults- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biotechnology and regenerative medicine, biomedical research, clinical medicine and surgery, technology and engineering, law, integrative medicine, public health, and environmental studies.

Show threadBix FrankonisMay 10, 2022
@acaciathorns (If cold-emailing someone feels iffy, you can use my name. I’ve interacted with her before about the journal and another of her autism-related projects, and she might remember me.)