A thousand signals. All at once.
That is how a lot of autistic people describe a busy room. It is also how autism looks online.
Most of it is about us. Little of it is by us.
Cure talk. Puzzle pieces. Old myths repeated as news.
So we turned the noise down.
Every evening we read the research, the rulings and the stories, and keep what matters.
One clear signal on autism. Told with autistic people.
The stories worth your time
News, research and culture, picked and explained. Each story links to its sources, so you can check them yourself.
Turkey’s Autism Groups Say Abuse in Disability Care Centres Is Systemic
A Konya case where three disabled adults were locked in a room has led Turkey’s autism organisations to call for independent monitoring and an end to institutional care.
Daily briefing — October 5, 2026
Needs-led support at work in the UK, lifelong living in Turkey, a new faith-based charity and a voluntary autism dispatch database in the US.
FeaturesResearch, Simplified: Who Gets Studied, Sensory Overload and a Rare Gene
Three recent peer-reviewed studies in plain language: participatory research with 870 autistic adults, sensory over-responsivity in 15,728 children, and a new Phelan-McDermid estimate.
NewsDaily briefing — October 4, 2026
Care-centre abuse in Turkey, Australia’s Thriving Kids launch, acetaminophen-autism misinformation online and a new genetics study, in brief.
NewsUK Panel: Support Neurodivergent Workers by Need, Not Diagnosis
A government-commissioned expert panel says workplace support should follow need, not a diagnostic label, and calls for Universal Design at work.
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)
Ten 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.
Announcements
News, calls and updates from the OtizmTV team.
Events
Workshops, webinars and community gatherings coming up.
Tap a myth. See the evidence.
The same false claims come back every year. Here are four we answer most often.
Six formats, one standard
Short when you need the news. Deep when you want to understand. Always with sources.
Self-advocate essays
Autistic writers on their own lives, paid for their work.
Studies, explained
New papers summarised in plain language, with what they do and don't show.
The OtizmTV Podcast
Conversations with researchers, artists and activists.
Turkey law tracker
Disability law and education rules, followed as they change.
Reviews
Films, books and series with autistic characters, judged by autistic critics.
Myth-busting
Old claims, new evidence, clear answers.
Listen in. Every other Thursday.
Long conversations with the people doing the work. Every episode comes with a full transcript.
- EP 03Masking at work, and what it costs48:12
- EP 02Sensory-friendly cities: who decides?41:05
- EP 01Why we built OtizmTV32:40
Sample episodes for the design preview.
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. 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.
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