1 in 31
eight-year-olds in the United States were identified as autistic in the latest surveillance data. Better recognition, not an epidemic, is the main story behind the rise.
Source: CDC ADDM Network, 2025 report (2022 data)
What we cover
Eight beats, followed every day
We work inside the neurodiversity paradigm. Autism is a difference to understand and support, and autistic people are the experts on their own lives.
Late diagnosis & masking
Adults finding out later in life, and the cost of hiding who you are.
Inclusive education
Classrooms, rights at school, and what really helps students learn.
Work & employment
Hiring, adjustments, burnout and autistic people at work.
Intersectionality
Autism with gender, race, class, migration and LGBTQ+ lives.
Sensory life & AAC
Sound, light, touch, and every way of communicating.
Co-occurring conditions
ADHD, epilepsy, anxiety, sleep and gut health, without the panic.
Family support
Rights-based guidance for families, built on respect, not compliance.
Critical history
How autism was named, measured and misread, and who paid for it.
Myth check
Tap a myth. See the evidence.
The same false claims come back every year. Here are four we answer most often.
How we tell it
Six formats, one standard
Short when you need the news. Deep when you want to understand. Always with sources.
Voices
Self-advocate essays
Autistic writers on their own lives, paid for their work.
Research
Studies, explained
New papers summarised in plain language, with what they do and don’t show.
Audio
The Psikolojik Bakış Podcast
Conversations with researchers, artists and activists.
Rights
Turkey law tracker
Disability law and education rules, followed as they change.
Culture
Reviews
Films, books and series with autistic characters, judged by autistic critics.
Myth check
Myth-busting
Old claims, new evidence, clear answers.
Listen in.
Long conversations with the people doing the work. Every episode comes with a full transcript.
Episodes appear here when posts are published in the Podcast category.
Rights tracker · Turkey
The law, followed in plain words
When a rule changes for autistic people in Turkey, we explain what it says, who it affects and what you can do.
Law No. 5378 on Persons with Disabilities
The main disability law in Turkey. It sets out rights in education, work, health and access.
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Turkey ratified the CRPD, committing to inclusive education and equal participation.
Special education regulations
Ministry of National Education rules on assessment, support and inclusion at school. We track every update.
Nothing about us without us.
Autistic people lead
Autistic writers, editors and advisers shape what we publish, and they are paid.
No cure talk, no puzzle pieces
We don’t use language or symbols that frame autistic people as broken or missing.
Identity-first by default
We write “autistic person”, and we respect anyone who prefers another term.
Sources you can check
Every research story links the original study and says what it can’t tell us.