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Category Archives: Blog
ASAN Gala 2018
This year’s gala was full of excitement, and lots of great speeches. If you’d like to catch up, you can watch videos or read transcripts of the attendee’s remarks below. Liz Weintraub Video and Transcript: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2018/12/liz-weintraubs-speech-for-asan-gala-2018/ Julia Bascom Video and Transcript: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2018/12/julia-bascoms-speech-at-asan-gala-2018/ Awards Ceremony Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHaU1o6Bps&feature=youtu.be DJ Savarese’s speech: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2018/11/dj-savareses-speech-for-asan-gala-2018/...
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Liz Weintraub’s Speech for ASAN Gala 2018
Hello, my name is Liz Weintraub. Isn’t ASAN doing an awesome job? Congratulations on being around for 12 years. Before I begin my remarks, let me add my congratulations to all of tonight’s award winners. When Julia and Zoe asked me to talk about leadership, I thought about how...
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Julia Bascom’s Speech at ASAN Gala 2018
Hello! Hello, and thank you all so much for being here. How’s everyone doing? Great. Great, that’s good. I’m so glad to see you all here. I’d like to thank our sponsors for so generously helping ASAN pull this event together and do the work that needs doing year-round,...
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DJ Savarese’s Speech for ASAN Gala 2018
Thank you for this award. I’m grateful to be among us tonight. I’m grateful we are gathered here tonight to celebrate our people. It’s not often that so many of us are able to gather together in the same room to celebrate our neurodiversity, but when we do there’s...
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Before You Donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the Facts
Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families....
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Remarks from Julia Bascom at the DC DDOM Vigil
Thank you all for coming here today and bearing witness with us to all of the lives taken from us before their time. A theme we heard strongly at last year’s vigils, and that we have continued to hear since, is that these murders and atrocities are a reflection...
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Tagged day of mourning, ddom, disability day of mourning, dom, julia bascom, remarks, speech, vigil, vigils
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What Does a Black Autistic Man Look Like?
One of the most accurate metaphors I’ve used to describe my life is this: I’ve occupied several closets simultaneously. To become my most authentic self, I had to emerge from each one and reckon with the conditions that convinced me that I needed to stay inside. In some cases,...
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