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Autistic People Should…

February 23, 2013

Autistic people should be heard because we are the ones with the most valuable information about autism. We live it everyday. Autistic people should be respected because respect is the foundation for all human interaction.…

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Intersections Like Me

February 22, 2013

Rest at pale evening…  A tall slim tree…  Night coming tenderly  Black like me.        ~by Langston Hughes The year I was born, John Howard Griffin, a journalist and civil rights movement ally, published a…

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Autism Acceptance – Leading the Conversation

February 5, 2013

I want to talk about Autism Acceptance again. I want to talk about Autism Acceptance because soon we will be, again, referred to as tragedies, burdens, afflictions. This will go on, more than usual, for…

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The Gift of Self-Knowledge

January 29, 2013

I was an autism mom before I was autistic. I mean, obviously that can’t actually be true, because I’ve been autistic my whole life, but I came into the autism community as a parent years…

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Autism in 2012: What We Have Done

January 2, 2013

I have written about my year in autism self-advocacy. I have a lot to celebrate and a lot to be thankful for. I think 2012 was a year of great accomplishments for our community, despite moments of…

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AWN’s Appeal to Media Sources Covering Newtown, CT

December 15, 2012

With the tragic events unfolding regarding the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, we here at Autism Women’s Network send our heartfelt condolences to all the families. It is unimaginable what they are going…

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Autistic People Spoke

December 1, 2012

Autistic people spoke. At least two of them did. They spoke on our behalf, eloquently and without drama or hyperbole. Michael John Carley and Ari Ne’eman spoke about, to and for us, autistics. Not only…

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Autistic Advocates to Testify at Congressional Hearing

November 27, 2012

Many of you have contacted Autism Women’s Network with concerns that autistic women were not invited to testify before the Nov. 29, 2012 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to speak in behalf of…

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The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

November 15, 2012

“Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism (TPGA) is the resource we wish we’d had when autism first became part of our lives: a one-stop source for carefully curated, evidence-based information from autism parents, autistics, and autism…

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Safety Skills for Asperger Women: How to Save a Perfectly Good Female Life

November 13, 2012

The really tough parts of Asperger syndrome are obviously the most difficult to talk about, but if we don’t… if we pretend life with AS is all jolly and cheer-filled, then we set ourselves up…

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We’ve Been Here All Along

November 13, 2012

Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg beautifully captures a compilation of messages which beckons understanding and acceptance of autistic people who have always been here, woven within the fabrics of society. This anthology is a collection of poems and…

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Non-Speaking (at times) Autistic Makes Video

November 13, 2012

Recently I made a video about not being able to talk at times. I made the video when I was completely unable to talk. The reason for making the video was to show people, by…

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