Press & appearances

Where I've shown up elsewhere.

My essays for Knack, my feature on 'Taboe' on tv, and other media appearances can be found below

13 appearances

Taboe with Philippe Geubels

I conveyed my experience about having an autistic brain, and why I love awkwardness, on Taboe with Philippe Geubels.

Autisme als stoornis, een veilige maar gevaarlijke definitie?

Opiniestuk voor Knack voor Wereld Autisme Dag

A pill to save the world from my autism? No thanks

A opinion piece about the (non) sense of curing autism (supposing this would be possible)

Dewpal: a synthetic biology experiment trying to solve water shortage

With Ghent University, I tried to develop a water condensator by mimicking a beetle found in Namibia.

Why be happy if I can be normal?

Does it benefit anyone by trying to make someone "normal"?

interview · by Steven De Blieck

In gesprek ivm nieuwe boek over autisme + adhd van Magali De Reu

Gesprek met Valérie Verhulst en Prof. Ilse Noens over de gelijkenissen en verschillen tussen autisme en ADHD, de voordelen van neurodiversiteit, directheid in communicatie, en de hiaten in ondersteuning op school en op het werk.

Are we afraid to have some curiosity towards children with a "difficult character"?

A essay questioning the need what we can't understand, and how this propagates towards the people we should be an example for.

Too much "labels"? Or is there a deeper problem?

A opinion piece asking for a more nuanced compassionate view towards "labels" like autism or ADHD (written together with Magali De Reu).

Dear companies, don't try to change what you don't understand..

A essay about the dangerous tendency of assuming to know how another person should be.. (written together with Magali De Reu)

Dear people with autism, thanks for the technology!

An essay on why we should be thankful to have people on the spectrum, and why we might not have an iPhone without them!

Charlie Magazine

Too much structure gave me even more stress.

An essay about what cycling without a plan was the perfect reconditioning for some of my autistic coping mechanisms.

Does an autistic person really need structure, and does he/she enjoy that?

One of the questions I immediately get asked when I say I'm on the spectrum is if I have enough predictability, why this assumption?

Is someone with autism really antisocial?

Is someone with autism really antisocial, of might the opposite be true? A (biased) inquiry.

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