Madeline Mueller

Madeline Mueller

Research Interest

I am a late diagnosed autistic, multi-disabled human being who spends her time advocating for autistic joy, sharing my lived experience through content creation, gathering and dispersing autism-affirming research, pondering existential questions, doodling and cuddling my dog when he grants me the honor. Personally trying to come back home to myself through pilates, herbs, Ayurveda, and community care. I like to consider the role of overlooked trauma-healing modalities like tattooing, compression, body-work, rest, and pleasure activism. Find me sipping natural wine, writing lengthy emails to my university about the needs of its disabled and autistic students, and wondering why love, human rights, and acceptance are labeled radical when most practices in human society today seem to be, well, pretty radical (modern agriculture? war? prison industrial complex? car-centric cities? welfare that disproportionately benefits the rich?)

MSSW/MPH '24 Columbia University; Crisis Counselor; Columbia Disability Network; Vulnerable Content Creator