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First, I want to say this: I am against gun ownership. I don’t understand the appeal and I think guns should be regulated. I am also realistic and know that most people who own guns…
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Documentary, SPECTRUM: A Story of the Mind
Autism Women’s Network is grateful to the filmmakers of “SPECTRUM: A Story of the Mind” for designating our organization to receive all proceeds for the upcoming year to benefit our mission at AWN. The film features Judy…
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What Does Autism Speaks “Call For Unity” Mean?
In very few words: crisis management. But this is an informative post, so I will give the information. Neurotypical writer Steve Silberman just published his extensively researched book on, more specifically autism – Neurotibes. For…
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Why I #BoycottAutismSpeaks
I Boycott Autism Speaks because I am Autistic and I value my life. I Boycott Autism Speaks because I value all lives. Autism Speaks is a hate group that uses marketing strategies to deceive the…
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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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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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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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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 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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Disabled People Being Silenced by Unethical Media
I don’t trust the media. Disabled people are often denied a voice, while experts, professionals, policy makers, “advocacy” organizations, parents, and the media itself talk about us, and about all that affects our lives, without…
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My Thoughts on ABA
So. Uh. Lovaas said this, in his 1981 book, The ME book. This is where Lovaas first spelled out ABA. “With responsibility, the developmentally disabled individual takes on dignity and ‘acquires’ certain basic rights as…
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