Oh yeah, that’s the best. And just think of all the other perks one can get by faking disability, like...uh...um...I’m sure I’ll come up with something...uh...oh, I know! You get to rid in those automated carts at the supermarket! You know, the ones that can’t turn corners for shit, go BEEP BEEP BEEP embarrassingly…

It is true—not least because we know very little about what causes autism (definitely not vaccines, though...) and because it can’t be cured (because it is a developmental disorder). Trying to “cure” autism is like trying to cure Down’s Syndrome: it’s impossible to do without overhauling a person’s entire genetic…

I read an AskReddit thread last month asking autistic individuals what they wished people knew about their lives. One of the highest-rated comments was from an autistic person saying that Autism Speaks was a “horrible” organization, and a lot of people on the Spectrum chimed in saying similar things, that the…

Right, that’s my point. No one’s like “Bad Matt! You’re being a feminist wrong!” But come on, some of those posts are so silly. I don’t read anyone as trying to police him or anything, but he deserves some gentle ribbing.

Get the fuck outta here with your #notallmen apologia. The reason why a minority of men can get away with such spectactularly bad behavior is that the rest of us participate in power structures that ensure that they don’t suffer any consequences for it. Nobody gets a pass for not being actively sexist in a patriarchal…