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Category Archives: Autistic Community and Allies
Tell Congress to #FundMFP!
More people with disabilities are living in our communities than ever before – but many people who want access to their communities remain trapped in institutions. Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federally funded program that has helped over 75,000 people with disabilities move out of institutions and...
Posted in Action, Autistic Community and Allies, Community Services and Supports
Tagged #fundmfp, action alert, action alerts, deinstitutionalization, institutionalization, mfp, money follows the person
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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...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Changing Perceptions
Tagged day of mourning, ddom, disability day of mourning, dom, julia bascom, remarks, speech, vigil, vigils
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Medicaid Day of Action on June 6th
Many groups around the country have been organizing events to defend health care in America. Now, we’ve all joined forces to declare June 6th a national Day of Action to #SaveMedicaid – and we need YOU to get in on the action. Here’s how you can get involved: If...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Events, News, Policy, Therapies and Health Care
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Find your local Day of Mourning vigil site
In the past five years, over four hundred people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Wednesday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers....
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity
Tagged day of mourning, day of mourning vigils, ddom, dom, filicide, vigil, vigils
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No Quiet Waters
Growing up with parents who were immigrants from Africa to the United States, I heard a lot of proverbs. I liked many of them, but there were some that I, an autistic child with a very literal mind, simply could not understand. One of those was a proverb that...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Perspectives
Tagged #blacklivesmatter, #unapologeticallyblack, autistic community, black history month, blog, blog post, board of trustees, disability community, inclusivity
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Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator
In the past five years, over four hundred people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Wednesday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers....
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, News
Tagged day of mourning, dom, filicide, site coordinator, vigil, vigils
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Disability Day of Mourning Vigil Sites
In the past five years, over one hundred and eighty people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents. Tuesday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember disabled victims of filicide–disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. We see the same pattern...
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Tagged day of mourning, vigils
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