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Allies: Are You Hurting Us Or Helping Us?
I’m tired. I’m tired of being told how I should and should not do activism. I’m tired of feeling like someone is always working against me when they claim to be working with me. My…
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Social Media and Privacy for People with Disabilities
In social media, I see a lot of things that make me cringe, get angry and sad. One of those things is how some parents of disabled people – mostly children, but also adults –…
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AWN Statement on the Mass Shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
AWN is shocked and filled with sorrow at the slaying of nine African-Americans — six of them women — at a Bible study meeting at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday night. A 21-year…
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Acceptance, Love and Self-Care: #AutismPositivity2015
It is May. April is over, and after the dreadful “awareness” campaigns, after all the clueless people – in some cases plain hurtful people – giddy about blue lights, after Autism Speaks once again spread…
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April 2015 Event a Success!
Saturday April 18th, Autism Women’s Network and The Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library hosted an Autism Acceptance Event in Stanwood, WA! The event featured a presentation by Autistic teen, H, entitled “Dear Teacher: A…
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Autism Acceptance Month Event
Autism Women’s Network & Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library are hosting a special Autism Acceptance Month Event. When: Saturday April 18th from 2-4:30pm PDT Where: Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center 9612 271st St NW…
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Tell Me About Your Autism Awareness Month
So, you got all excited about the Autism Awareness campaigns because you have an Autistic child – pardon me, child “with autism”, or a friend’s child “has autism”, or a friend of a friend knows…
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Meet Emily Paige Ballou, AWN Publications Committee & Online Content Moderator
Three things about me: I kind of wish I could live in the country. I love hiking, being outside, and waking up early. There are no bounds to my reading preferences. I’m as likely to…
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Meet Kit Mead, AWN Social Media Volunteer for Tumblr & DIVERgent
So, it’s hard to list three lighthearted things about me that people don’t know, considering that I tend to talk about my special interests at length. I guess one of the first things is that…
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Demanding, Not Asking, To Be Valued
A research journal – Research and Practice for Persons With Severe Disabilities (RPSD) – recently published a special issue on FC (Facilitated Communication). RPSD is a TASH publication. In the world of social media, many…
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Meet Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Project Coordinator for Autism & Race Anthology, Networking Moderator, and AWN Board of Directors
Hmmm, fun things about me? I don’t think I can narrow it down; how much time do you have, lol? Seriously, though, here are a few fun facts (in my opinion anyway) about me: 1)…
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Meet Kimberly Steiner, AWN Online Content Moderator
What things are fun about me? I really love to cook. I live in the deep South (Hi! ya’ll) so my cooking reflects the area in which I live. I really enjoy cooking for other…
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