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Tag Archives: Lei Wiley-Mydske
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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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
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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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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What the Vulture Calls Unity: #BoycottAutismSpeaks
This last week marked the release of Steve Silberman’s much awaited book, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, as well as the publication of his Op-Ed piece in the Los Angeles Times, titled Autism Speaks needs … Continue reading
Posted in ableism, acceptance, Autism, autism stigma, Autistic, Boycott Autism Speaks, Neurodiversity, Silence
Tagged #boycottAutismSpeaks, ActuallyAutistic, Amy Sequenzia, Autism Speaks, Autistic Activist, Autistic Scholar, Dani Alexis Ryskamp, Ed Asner, Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Library, Giraffe, Lei Wiley-Mydske, NeuroTribes, Nick Walker, PACLA, Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance, Poet, Steve Silberman, Vulture
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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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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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The Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library: Interviewing Lei
Hand in hand with speaking out and taking a stand for social justice and human rights, there is an opportunity to explore and celebrate amazing things that are happening within Disabilities and Autism communities. There are many people creating new … Continue reading
#VectorsofAutism: The Live-tweet Storified
Yesterday Laura and friends live-tweeted Vectors of Autism: A documentary about Laura Nagle which can currently be viewed online here. It was spectacularly well-received and created such a wonderful feeling of community. We were tweeting and connecting well before the … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Advocacy, Arizona TASH, Autism, Laura Nagle, Vectors of Autism
Tagged flash-film-fest live-tweet, https://storify.com/leah_kelley/live-tweeting-vectors-of-autism-with-laura-nagle-a, Laura Nagle, Lei Wiley-Mydske, live tweet, On-line Film Festival, Vectors of Autism, We Speak Here Film Festiva
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Live-tweeting Vectors of Autism with Laura Nagle: An invitation
Autistic people and those who love and support them are working hard to take a stand against negative and stigmatizing messages about the experience of being Autistic. It can be exhausting and can feel like an uphill battle counter the … Continue reading
Thirty Days of Autism 