…work. This is an exciting role that includes partnerships with other leaders of national disability and civil rights organizations in advocating for disability rights, neurodiversity, and the values of inclusion…
…about each topic below: Neurodiversity and Disability Rights What is Neurodiversity? Neurodiversity means that no two brains are exactly the same. Every person has things they are good at and…
…family and society. I also want to be one of the bridges between society and neurodiversity. The change must happen. The societies in which neurodiversity is strongest are societies based…
…know her as being such a pro-vaxxer and advocate for neurodiversity – that was surprising. I feel like we kind of started to go down that route. We had a…
…to isolated Special Schools, segregated classrooms, we were thought to be unable to learn or to relate to others, given therapies to make us look and act “more normal”. Neurodiversity…
Staff Avery Outlaw, Interim Executive Director Avery Outlaw is ASAN’s Deputy Director of Operations. While studying Disability Studies and Advocacy, Avery was president and founder of the neurodiversity student…
…erneely@emory.edu Held on Monday, March 2nd ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Institute on Disability and Human Development, hrotti2@uic.edu, tgordo7@uic.edu Held Monday, March 2nd INDIANA Muncie, IN Hoosier Alliance for Neurodiversity, contact@hoosierneurodiversity.org MARYLAND…
…role that includes partnerships with other leaders of national disability and civil rights organizations in advocating for disability rights, neurodiversity, and the values of inclusion and self-determination. The new Executive…
…an impossible ideal but rather the minimum our community deserves, and that disability rights, neurodiversity, and autism acceptance are for all autistic people. As I look towards the future, I…
…attend presentations and learn new information about the history of disability/neurodiversity, student groups, campaigns, communication, policy, legislative advocacy, and more. All of this learning took place in an Autistic space–by…
