Plain Language Roundup: Take action against attacks on the integration mandate
What is this Plain Language Round Up about? This Plain Language Round Up explains the integration mandate. Lately, there have been a lot of attacks on the integration mandate. The integration mandate protects your right to live, work, and get services in the community. The integration mandate is a rule. It comes from the Americans…
A Love Letter to the Person with Disabilities No One Wants to Talk About: Community Building and Loving without Abandon
My dearest disabled relative, I hope you are having a wonderful day. I’m Margaret, an artist, academic and lover. As a queer and multiracial disabled person, I exist in many ambiguous spaces. At times, these grey areas I inhabit make it difficult to show the full range of my experience and feel understood. I’m here…
Autism and Eating Disorders: 3 Common Overlooked Challenges
Written by Sam Sharpe, PhD, FEDUP Collective for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network ⁂ While many autistic people struggle with food and eating, these challenges are often misunderstood, overlooked, or mischaracterized within the world of eating disorder research and treatment. As a peer support worker at FEDUP Collective (an organization that supports transgender, gender diverse,…