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"Autistic people do not “recover” and the idea of “recovery” has been profoundly damaging to the..."

“Autistic people do not “recover” and the idea of “recovery” has been profoundly damaging to the Autistic community, encouraging service providers to emphasize normalcy above other more meaningful goals. Furthermore, by teaching Autistic children and adults that “recovery” – pretending to be something we are not – is the “optimal outcome” they can achieve, we send a profoundly damaging message to Autistic people, our families, and the public at large. Autism is a natural part of the human con...

UnCAGE's Holiday Gift Book Buying Guide

UnCAGE's Holiday Gift Book Buying Guide:

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Wondering what to give the young readers in your life this holiday season? Whether you’re looking for laugh-out-loud funny tales or poignant contemporary stories, these fantastic reads featuring empowered girls at the center of the story will fit the bill.

Contemporary

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Simon Snowjust wants to relax and savor his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest, and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he’ll be safe.Simoncan’t even enjoy the fact that his roommate and longtime nemesis is mis...

Do you know of any diverse science fiction and fantasy MG that will make a great gift?

I’m a huge William Alexander fan and his newest middle grade book is a diverse sci fic book called Ambassador with a Latino main character. And you can’t get any better middle grade fantasy books than Grace Lin’s amazing Newbery Honor winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and its sequel Starry River of the Sky which my daughter and I loved even more than the first book. Sarwat Chadda’s Ash Mistry series is a great middle grade series with an Indian main character. And I LOVE Mike Jung’s G...

A Complicated Conversation About Neurodiversity

Yesterday Corinne Duyvis (author of OTHERBOUND) tweeted about an interview with the author of a book featuring an autistic protagonist. Corinne had a powerful and clearly painful reaction to the following statement (among others):

"High-functioning autistics and Aspergers also interest me, because they challenge our definitions of what constitutes a human being…"

It seems pretty clear why Corinne responded to that quote with such force. The idea that people with autism spectrum disorder d...

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I think many white people in the US don’t quite fathom the depths of the racism in this country because it’s not what they’ve been taught to expect. Our few classes in history have taught us that racism is lynching and burning crosses and white hoods and a Final Solution….

Peeta in Mockingjay: You rebels are destroying us and yourselves, you need to lay down your arms and call a ceasefire, nothing will be accomplished with violence, you are ruining your cause, the Capitol knows what's best

Peeta in Mockingjay: You rebels are destroying us and yourselves, you need to lay down your arms and call a ceasefire, nothing will be accomplished with violence, you are ruining your cause, the Capitol knows what's best

white people: OMG HE'S SO BRAINWASHED HOW CAN HE SAY THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS NO WONDER DISTRICT 13 HATES HIM

black Ferguson protestors: We're marching through the city and protesting against the white supremacist government that is killing our people with no accountability, bla...

I See a Book and Get Angry and Write a Thing

I See a Book and Get Angry and Write a Thing:

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I am not good with the word “fat.” Having had eating disorders off and on since I hit adolescence, my relationship with that word is wholly warped—it is a proxy for something dark and roiling, loaded with everything but actual meaning. So I have really learned a lot reading the thoughts of teen…

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THE NEW SABER HAS MANY NEW FEATURES…

Miss Drake

When I was moved up from sixth grade to seventh grade (a disastrously bad decision that I’ve discussed at some length elsewhere), my sixth grade teacher Miss Drake made a point of taking time on my last day in their classroom to congratulate me, express her gratitude at the opportunity to be my teachers, and declare her confidence that I was on my way to a life of meaning and distinction. I spent many, many years betraying her confidence, but in recent years I think I’ve finally s...