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Author Archives: Leah Kelley
Self-Care is Resistance!!
I have been thinking about the incredible endurance and perseverance of people who are fighting for human rights, for themselves and for others… Activism is gruelling, slogging, hard work… and it is seemingly unending. It can be hard to step … Continue reading
Posted in #NeurodivergentNarwhals, acceptance, Activist, Collective Responsibility, letting go, limits, Love and Self-Care, social justice
Tagged Activism, Autism Women's Network, Autistic Times Two, AWN, Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library, human rights, Lei Wiley-Mydske, Neurodivergent Narwhals, rail against injustice, Red Bubble Store, Resistance, Self care, We Always Loved Picasso Anyway
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In this house…
In this house we do acceptance ❤️ April 2017… Bring it! Update: #IveBeenRedbubbled Eeeeee! Check this out: you can support the Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library and get this image on a thing if you so … Continue reading
Behavior Plan For Parents of Newly Diagnosed Autistic Children
Behavior Plan For Parents of Newly Diagnosed Autistic Children: by Lei Wiley-Mydske Your feelings about autism are constructed by living in a world that fears and stigmatizes disabled lives. Your distress about an autism diagnosis are most certainly because … Continue reading
Love more loudly…
Wednesday morning after the US election my sister, Michelle, shared: “What I will tell my children this morning…? It’s not enough to be kind and believe in the good. We must love more loudly. We must make inclusion thunder. We … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, Activist, Collective Responsibility, inclusion, privilege, Silence, social justice
Tagged Checking in, commitment, oppression, privilege, Scared, Trump, US Election
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Autistics Present: A Symposium on Autistic Culture, Identity and Transition
Sooooo… I have registered to attend Autistics Present: A Symposium on Autistic Culture, Identity, and Transition (High School, College & Career) on October 22, 2016: an exciting conference being organized and hosted by Bellevue College’s Autism Spectrum Navigators, a program … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Autistic, Autistics Present Conference
Tagged Ari Ne'eman, Autism Women's Network, Autistics Present Symposium, Bellevue College, Bellevue College Autism Spectrum Navigators, Conference, Dear teacher: A letter from Harrison, Emma Van der Klift, Harrison Scott, Jennifer Muzquiz, Kassiane Sibley, Lei Wiley-Mydske, Lydia Brown, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PACLA, Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance, Sarah Sanders Gardner, Shain Neumeier, The Right to be Autistic
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Hell’s Gate and The Pumpkin Toss
Last night, on the night before Thanksgiving, we carved pumpkins. Yes, you heard that right! And today we travelled up the Fraser Canyon with our good friends – five of us in all. We each had a pumpkin, that would … Continue reading
Posted in Activist, Autism
Tagged Adventure, Airtram, Autistic friends, Fraser Canyon, Hell's Gate, Pumpkin Toss, Smashing Pumpkins, Thanksgiving
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You, yes you, need Autistic friends
The following is a guest post by Neurodivergent K of Radical Neurodivergence Speaking Intended audience: parents of Autistic kids. Though obviously everyone needs Autistic friends. So your child was just diagnosed with autism. Breathe. Breathe deeper. Relax. It’ll all be … Continue reading
Proud to be Myself: An Autistic Person on Garry’s Mod
I got home late from work today, lugging my books and bags and laptop and some likely-less-that-healthy Chinese food for H and me to have for an easy dinner, as Craig had a gig. H greeted me at the door … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, advocate, ASAN, Autism, Autistic, Disability, neurodivergent, TASH
Tagged Autistic friends, Autistic Pride, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, disability, Garry's Mod, online, Pride, Sandbox PC game
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Holding Space as Acceptance, Love, and Self-care: One year later…
I haven’t written as much on my blog in this last year. I have been busy writing – just not so much in this place. I have been working to shake up my little corner of academia, but sometimes I … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Autism, Autistic, Death, letting go, Love and Self-Care
Tagged #AutismPositivity2015, acceptance and love, Doctor of Education, father, holding space, honouring, intense loss, Legacy, liminality, limit setting, Love and Self-care, opposite to shame, Papa, Self care, SFU., Simon Fraser University
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Disability Day of Mourning: The Loss of Innocence
A few weeks back I asked H if he would like to attend the ASAN Vancouver Disability Day of Mourning Vigil with me on March 1st, at the Woodlands Memorial Gardens in New Westminster, BC. He asked what the vigil … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, Activist, Advocacy, ASAN, autism stigma, Autistic, Boycott Autism Speaks, Death, Disability, Grief, prejudice, Rail Against Stigma
Tagged #DDoM2016, Activism, Alanna Rose Whitney, Amythest Schaber, ASAN Vancouver, Corbet O'Toole, Disability Day of Mourning, Emma Van der Klift, murder, Norman Kunc, The loss of innocence, Woodlands
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