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Tag Archives: human rights
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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The Inclusive Giraffe Party: Epilepsy and Accommodation
I brought my giraffe puppets to the TASH Conference in Portland, Oregon… and then my friends and I made this! Link: The Inclusive Giraffe Party – Video Transcription Kassiane Sibley: Kassiane Sibley Giraffe(s) Puppeteer: Leah Kelley Camera: Lei Wiley-Mydske Video … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Autistic, Collective Responsibility, Disability, inclusion, Neurodiversity, TASH
Tagged #2015TASHconf, Accommodation, ADA, Autistic Activist, epilepsy, Giraffe Party, human rights, Inclusive, Inclusive Giraffe Party, Kassiane Sibley, Leah Kelley, Lei Wiley-Mydske, life threatening, No flash photography, Photo Sensitive Epilepsy, Radical Neurodivergence Speaking
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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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The Great Chicago TASH Adventure
I am sitting now in the airport, awaiting my flight home to Vancouver via Portland. It is a welcomed quiet; an empty space to pull together my thinking and reflect upon the many ways I have been nudged and influenced … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, Activist, Autism, diversity, Neurodiversity, perspective of others, Social Hangover, Visual Notes
Tagged Ariane Zurcher, Chicago, conversations, Corbet O'Toole, Disabilities Rights Movement, Emily Titon, human rights, Ibby Anderson Grace, National TASH, Peyton Goddard, social justice, Wretches and Jabberers, Zach Richter
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H and Ari Ne’eman: A Virtual Conversation
H and I listened to some parts of the Congressional Hearings on Thursday, November 29, 2012. He was easily upset by listening to what was being said by some members of the US Congress. For that matter – so was … Continue reading
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