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A Response to Autism Speaks’ Propaganda Documentary “Sounding the Alarm” | ACAT: Ala Costa Adult Transition Program
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ACAT: Ala Costa Adult Transition Program. Independence, Self-Determination, Empowerment. ACAT 2016-2017 Academic Calendar. Adult Community Training [ACT]. The ACT/YSA Vocational Training Program. Intellectual Disability and Self-Regulation: Jason’s List. Autism is Family: A Guest Post by Sonia Boué →. A Response to Autism Speaks’ Propaganda Documentary “Sounding the Alarm”. August 12, 2014. Autism Speaks lead by the Wrights of course. At the end of the film Suzanne Wright makes two statements; in one she...
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Stimming Unpuzzled: A Written Piece by Julia Catherine Mark | The Unpuzzled Project
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Promoting Autism Acceptance, Autistic Self-Advocacy, and Celebrating Neurodiversity. Stimming Unpuzzled: A Written Piece by Julia Catherine Mark. When I was seven, I spun on the spot. I liked the way it felt. People called me weird. Teachers told me not to. When I was nine, I echoed my teacher. It just kind of happened. My teacher told me she didn’t need a parrot. She made me cry. When I was fourteen, I opened my eyes really wide. It felt nice. Now I am nineteen. I have almost stopped stimming. Fill in y...
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to prove that you exist | a diary of a mom
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A diary of a mom. About diary of a mom. Why the heck am i calling the girls katie and brooke? To prove that you exist. This entry was posted on July 29, 2015, in Uncategorized. Image is a photo of Sharisa Kochmeister – source. Is, in many ways, severely disabled. At 36 years-old, she is non-verbal. She requires significant support. Sharisa Joy Kochmeister is a writer/advocate/researcher/educator regarding the rights of children and adults with disabilities. She holds an honors degree in sociology and...
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Autistic Academic on Acceptance, Love, and Self-Care: #AutismPositivity2015 | Autistic Academic
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Autistic Adult’s Guide to Getting Hired. Autistic Academic on Acceptance, Love, and Self-Care: #AutismPositivity2015. Yesterday, I gave the first academic conference presentation of my career: a paper on narratives of cognitive/developmental difference vs “monstrous”/changeling difference in late antiquity and the Middle Ages.* You can check out the livetweeting from it here. And, as has become my norm in any setting where I’m talking about autism, I told them I was autistic. They won’t, of course&...
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Invincible: On special interests and secret weapons | Feminist Aspie
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Laquo; On Condition. The Illusion of “Neutral”. Invincible: On special interests and secret weapons. On July 10, 2015. The giddy joy of the initial phase of. That I don’t know how to begin conveying it to others, all that makes special interests valuable in and of themselves. Neurotypical children (and adults) are allowed to play and relax and have fun without having everything they like turned into either a job or therapy, so why can’t we? Productive in other ways. One of them in particular has work...
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How Can You Have an Autism Working Group with No Autistic People in It? | purpleaspie
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Life on the Spectrum. How Can You Have an Autism Working Group with No Autistic People in It? July 26, 2015. The headline reads “Federal Government Appoints New Autism Spectrum Disorder Working Group.” The aims of this group are “information sharing and research, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and ways to support Canadian families affected by ASD.” Notice that it says “families affected,” not “autistic people.”. How about the fact that most so-called autism service agencies have no autistic pe...
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Person-first Language, Self-Identity and Personal Choice | purpleaspie
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Life on the Spectrum. Person-first Language, Self-Identity and Personal Choice. August 10, 2014. Many people in the autism community use autism-first language, and some autism organizations encourage the use of identity-first language and discourage person-first language. As a representative of the Autism Self-Advocacy Network said, being autistic is part of who we are. If I cannot be without autism, I cannot be with it either. Fourteen Things Not to Say to an Autistic Adult. Being Called a Burden. If I ...
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The Journey
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