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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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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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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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Respectfully Connected: Interview with the Authors
Autism Women’s Network is dedicated to building a inclusive community for Autistic women and girls of all ages, their families, friends, and allies to support one another and share experiences. This month, we are excited…
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Disability Equality is Still Elusive
The following article was originally written by Amy for the New York Times Op-ed session; however, it was never published. Amy states, ” as usual, the NY Times ignores our voices.” The Americans with Disabilities…
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“Please Don’t Murder Us” Shouldn’t Be Controversial
If you say that lack of services can lead to parents murdering their disabled children, then every time a parent of a living disabled child complains about lack of services, you have to say they…
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Open Letter to Dr. Phil and His Apologists
This letter is in response to your inadequate, irresponsible, and extremely offensive attempt to address the criticism of your recent show on attempted murderer K. Stapleton. The show itself was an irresponsible demonstration of sensationalism…
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Who Defines Quality of Life?
If it is my life, I do. And only me. This is one more of those discussions that come up online from time to time. It is usually related to the discussion around functioning labels…
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Is Autism Speaks a Hate Group?
I know they are hateful. I know they don’t like Autistics. I know they use most of their resources to convince people that the world would be a better place without us, and actually using…
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