Seeking info texts on autistic culture; preferably fairly simple or in German.
Does anyone have a good introduction to autistic culture and such?
Iâm pretty sure my mom needs a bit of an guide to Autism and Iâm not about to just leave her to the âprofessionalsâ (Also known as: âI have a freshly baked autism mom to corrupt, why on earth wouldnât I?â).
I found some good things in German about ABA as well just to warn her and have things on Identity-first-language, the nature of the spectrum as well as meltdowns/shutdowns but I may be missing some other basics.
Iâd also like to warn her of the Autism Momâą culture, but I worry that most of the more poignant texts I found tend to assume that the reader knows that Autism Momâą doesnât just refer to any mother that has an autistic child but to a specific toxic subculture.
German infos and things that are easy to read and not overly long would be better as sheâs NT so she may not have too much time/patience/ability to read up on that kind of stuff* and her English isnât that great (B1-B2) so it would be kind of counter-productive to give her too complicated English texts.
*Compared to someone who has a special interest in that kind of stuff and/or hyperfocuses.
To give you all something back, hereâs the (incomplete) list:
Eng:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexCWZPJE6A&list=PLAoYMFsyj_k1ApNj_QUkNgKC1R5F9bVHs
https://the-art-of-autism.com/understanding-the-spectrum-a-comic-strip-explanation/
https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/identity-first-language/
German:
https://www.robotinabox.de/aba-und-kritik/
https://autismuskeepcalmandcaryon.wordpress.com/2017/12/02/viele-namen-eine-grundlage/Â (Both on ABA)
https://dasfotobus.wordpress.com/2018/11/18/overload-shutdown-meltdown-und-der-delayed-after-effect/ (Meltdowns, Shutdowns and how those can slowly build up)
Things that may be too in-depth to send immediately, but that I may give her later:
Eng:
https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3876/3405 (At least this one is almost certainly too complicated but one can dream.)
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-75285-001.html
German:
https://butterblumenland.wordpress.com/aba/

















