Month: April 2020
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An Autistic Professional Calls for Autonomy for Neurodiverse People
Marginalized people, or really just those who are down on their luck, are especially reliant on people’s good will and good opinions of us because we need others’ help. This leaves us especially vulnerable to people who seek to take advantage. We can be manipulated by those who think we won’t realize that what they…
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Beyond Capitalist Dictatorship: Healing the Violent Legacy Of Neoliberalism in Chile
[Chileans] are demonstrating against structural adjustment polices, introduced at the point of a gun, during Pinochet’s bloody seventeen-year dictatorship. What we are witnessing today is a confrontation with this violent legacy of neoliberal capitalism. One of my first memories as a young child in southern Chile was my father scolding me for saying the…