Beyond Environments: Understanding Autistic Experience as Ecosystem

We have spent decades discussing whether Autistic people have suitable environments, but what if we look at the wider ecosystem?

Moving Past the Silos

When we speak about Autistic experience, the conversation often narrows into discrete compartments. We hear about the social environment. We hear about the sensory environment. Occasionally, we hear about the political environment.

Each is treated as if it were a silo, a neat box within which Autistic life can be contained, studied, …