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Category Archives: Activist
Livetweeting #CitizenAutistic
My wonderful friend Lei Wiley-Mydske and I are thrilled to announce another venture into the world of livetweeting film! We have done a couple of livetweets together over the last few months and they have gone rather well. Our first … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Activist, Autism, Boycott Autism Speaks, Citizen Autistic, Neurodiversity, Vectors of Autism, William Davenpost
Tagged #boycottAutismSpeaks, #CitizenAutistic, Ari Ne'eman, Autism Speaks, Autistic rights, Cinema Libre, Citizen Autistic, Documentary, film, Hulu, Lei Wiley-Mydske, Livetweet, Sean Flanagan, Sounding the Alarm, William Davenport
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#BlackLivesMatter: Teaching My Son About White Privilege and Intersectionality
Our few days in Washington, DC were rich in so many ways… and it will likely take me a while to capture and pin the words of even a few of our many experiences to the page. So now I … Continue reading
Gathering at TASH and The Magic People Map
Before the TASH Conference, I was working this an idea to create a sort of People Map for H, so that he could be a bit more ready for the peopleing and could begin ahead of time to see faces … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, Activist, Anxiety, Autism, scaffolding, support, TASH, visual strategies, visual strategies and supports
Tagged Amy Sequenzia, Emily Titon, Frontloading TASH, Henry Frost, Ibby Grace, Kassiane Sibley, Lei Wiley-Mydske, Magic the Gathering, National TASH, People Map, Peopleing, TASH, TASH the Gathering
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Considering 50: Trajectory of Development, Independence, and Accidental Unfoldings
Often birthdays are a quiet affair at our house, which is just fine with me, but this October marked my 50th and we ushered it in with a wildly fun Elton John themed party. Seriously, for people who are pretty … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, accident, Activist, Autism, Goals, letting go, Space and Pace
Tagged acceptance, accidental unfoldings, development, developmental trajectory, Elton John, honouring, imagining the future, independence, my busy brain, pace, parent, redefining independence, self-determination, transitioning to adulthood, Turning Fifty
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Chalk it up to Activism! #BoycottAutismSpeaks
So, some people may wonder why I do this activism stuff with my son… and some might even think that it would be better to shield him from what Autism Speaks says about Autistic people. If I thought for a … Continue reading
ASAN Vancouver: Protesting Autism Speaks #boycottAutismSpeaks
Last week H and I made our way into the big city to attend an ASAN meeting with the newly founded ASAN Vancouver Chapter. (ASAN = Autistic Self Advocacy Network) H was pretty quiet during the meeting, and was creating … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, Activist, Advocacy, advocate, ASAN, Autism, autism stigma, Autistic, Boycott Autism Speaks, Margaret Mead, social justice
Tagged #boycottAutismSpeaks, #posAutive Action for Social Justice, ASAN Vancouver, Autism Speaks, Autism Speaks Walk, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, change, Civil rights, eugenics, Protest
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Ken Bramble: Connecting the Dots in #bced
Some may wonder why a blog that is generally about Autism would be so closely focused on matters of public education of late, but the reality is that these matters are connected, and there is an unquestionable intersectionality between social … Continue reading
Posted in Activist, Advocacy, advocate, Autism, BC Teachers Federation, BCTF, Educator, Public Education
Tagged best practice, Bill Gates, Charter schools, CISCO, Competition, Declining enrolment, FSA testing, FSA Tests, GELP, human rights, Intersectionality, Ken Bramble, Labour Dispute, Magnet schools, political interference, Save Our Schools NZ, Schools of Choice, social justice, The Fraser Institute
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Sounding the Alarm… there is no acceptance here…
On Tuesday, July 15, I was still editing the comment below for the Autism Speaks docutrauma, Sounding the Alarm: Battling the Autism Epidemic, which is currently on Netflix. My intention was to leave it in the reviews section on Netflix … Continue reading
Road Trip Activism… #BoycottAutismSpeaks
The other day H and I went on a road trip to Bellingham, WA. We talked long, as is our habit on lengthy drives, and had the chance to explore all sorts of topics. We also nabbed the chance to … Continue reading