Today’s episode is a guide for the Class of 2026, originally written by Dr. Jaime Hoerricks. It offers autistic students a “narrative survival kit” for navigating an increasingly challenging world. It highlights how “gaslighting at scale” pervades various systems, from “ghost jobs” in the modern labor market, where job postings often don’t lead to hires, to the predatory nature of student loans that now require payments whilst students are still in school. The text also critiques the “disappearing state,” where AI and mass layoffs replace human workers, and how public health often becomes a “spectacle” prioritising eugenics-like narratives over informed care for autistic individuals. Ultimately, Dr. Hoerricks empowers students to trust their intuition and recognise that the system, not their perception, is often flawed, encouraging them to find alternative paths and prioritise their “narrative sovereignty” amidst a confusing landscape.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-year-before-the-world-changes
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