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Ableism involves prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities. This includes physical, mental, and emotional disabilities.

Missiles Over My Head: Autistic & Clueless

Missiles over my head. A drawing shows me, happy and clueless, in a complex crowd
April 11, 2025September 21, 2025 ~ MissLunaRose ~ Leave a comment

Social cluelessness has sometimes protected me from a harsh world. It's not an autism myth. It's my life.

LSN, MSN, and HSN in autism, explained

LSN, MSN, and HSN in autism by Miss Luna Rose
October 5, 2024December 2, 2025 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 1 Comment

The acronyms HSN, MSN, and LSN are gaining popularity in the Autistic community. Here's what they mean.

Autism in a Picture: An Autistic Artist’s Tips for Positive Choices

March 3, 2024March 25, 2024 ~ MissLunaRose ~ Leave a comment

How do you represent autism in a way that encourages empathy and inclusion instead of isolation? Here are my tips for choosing the right picture.

Why Autistics Don’t Trust Autism Speaks’ Rebranding

July 3, 2020June 18, 2022 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 22 Comments

Autism Speaks' rebranding uses language and symbols of optimism, but beneath it is the same rotten core.

Everything’s (Not) Gonna Be Okay: A Kick in the Face

March 15, 2020September 13, 2020 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 24 Comments

The "groundbreaking" show betrays its autistic character in the final episode of season 1.

Do I Lack Theory of Mind?

July 29, 2019December 30, 2023 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 8 Comments

"Theory of mind deficits" have been used to dismiss and even dehumanize autistic people. How much truth is there to the stereotype?

I’m Not “High-Functioning”

April 22, 2019December 30, 2023 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 11 Comments

As an autistic person, my life can be very hard, and my disability impacts me in so many ways.

Down Syndrome: She’s No Mistake

April 8, 2019February 21, 2021 ~ MissLunaRose ~ Leave a comment

What would it be like, to be a person with Down syndrome and hearing that you are the way that you are because of a mistake? To hear that you are defective? That you exist as the result of an "error"?

Attacking Ableists: Why it Fails, and How to Change Their Minds

March 30, 2019May 18, 2019 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 23 Comments

Calling people ableist, even when it's true, rarely results in productive conversation. So what do you do when someone says something awful? Here's a starting place.

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