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Category Archives: Autistic Community and Allies
The Loud Hands Project
The Loud Hands Project, a publishing effort by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, is working towards the creation of our first and foundational anthology and accompanying website. "Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking" features essays, long and short, by Autistic authors
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Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged acceptance, autistic community, autistic culture, self advocacy
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To Old Friends and Family
An essay by Melody Latimer. When I speak of Autism, please know I love your support and understanding. When I speak of my Autistic children, please know I understand them very well because I’ve been diagnosed myself. When I speak of the current state of things, please know I...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Inclusive Education and College
Tagged acceptance, allies, education
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Reflections on Autistics Speaking Day
An essay by Ari Ne'eman. With a puzzle piece, a ribbon, a donation, or a Facebook or Twitter app, an average citizen does their duty, checks the autism box on their charitable instincts and moves on, never having to talk to, experience, work, live, learn with or otherwise acknowledge...
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Wired.com Interview
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave an exclusive interview to Wired.com editor Steve Silberman about the shift in the national dialogue on autism toward issues of civil rights, services, and support....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged autistic community, neurodiversity, representation, self advocacy
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A true story and a little lesson about functioning level
An essay by Larry Arnold. Functioning levels are a discourse of intellectual impairments not physical ones, created out of older distinctions, wrapped up in Greek words to look respectable, words like "imbecile" "moron" "idiot" -- "low grades" and "high grades" the categories of the institutions used to sort out...
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Parents in the Autism World
An essay by Elesia Ashkenazy. A parent's main concern is going to be to help their child by utilizing whatever means are available. Good Parenting 101 = Help Your Child No Matter What. Parents will naturally lean toward autism-focused groups and/or organizations offering help and support. Inspecting the inner-workings...
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Reverse Van Winkle
An essay by Mark Stairwalt. For all that I’m still learning something new every week about what’s been happening with autism in society over the last decade or so, that fact itself provides me with a perspective that is likely unique from that of just about anyone else writing...
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Treading the Muddy Waters: The Divided Communities of Autism
An essay by Stephanie Allen Crist. It’s human nature to disagree. It’s human nature to degrade. It’s human nature to let prejudice, assumptions, and ignorance sway our thoughts and emotions. It’s human nature to have to fight for the rights and worth of minority groups. … I do not...
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Tagged acceptance, autistic community, neurodiversity
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Career Choices for autistic people
An essay by Maddy McEwen. It makes for a delightful easy splot of nostalgia; ‘what will you be when you grow up?’ Oh how it changes. All the usual fire...
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Tagged growing up
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