Why The Lie We’ve Been Sold About Disability Is The Greatest Injustice

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Stella Young of Ramp Up explains the Social Model of

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Aversive Shock Therapy at the Judge Rotenberg Center

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Thursday, April 24, was a day that I'd been waiting

I’m Not the One Who Is Lost

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I am thinking you will understand more when you see the feeling . The feeling on my side.

A Typical Son’s mom on “the r-word” and Chuck Klosterman’s apology

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Kari Wagner-Peck ,the author of  A Typical Son blog, and

You are not wrong.

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Know you are not a burden or trouble for being. You are a person who has every right to be. A family that is saying love but saying you are so hard so wrong for not being as they wanted. The family is wrong. Not You. A school segregating is wrong. Not You.There are many if the disability community that are here for you.

Don’t Call Me Inspirational

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"Disability is not something terrible that needs to be fixed, cured, or made to go away forever. It is a natural part of reality. We ask for acceptance as equal members of society." From the PSA "Your Daily Dosage of Inspiration" by Cheryl Green and Caitlin Wood.

Again, We Mourn

2016-11-10T10:11:43-05:00By |Categories: Ableism, Advocacy, Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, Autism, blog, General|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My soul hurts and I am naming names. And I am saying, if you have a drop of sympathy for the murderers, or almost murderers, you have blood on your hands too.

Person First Attitude Trumps Language

2016-11-10T10:11:43-05:00By |Categories: Ableism, Author, blog, Conversation Starters, Judy Endow|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Am I a person with autism or autistic? Does it matter? And why?

Advocacy Groups Call for Autistic Teen’s Killers to Be Charged With Hate Crime

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How does it make you feel when you hear a

People With Disabilities Practically Absent from Marketing Campaigns

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ABC.com reports that despite sporadic appearances in the media and

Stop Hurting Kids

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Join the Stop Hurting Kids campaign to end restraint and seclusion abuse in schools.The easiest way to make a meaningful contribution is to take a stand.

PrAACtical AAC | Presuming Competence and Using The Least Dangerous Assumption

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PrAACtical AAC's latest post on the importance of presuming competence.

Doctors across America turning away patients with disabilities, study finds

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by Sarah Levis Disabled people in several American cities are

‘Impaired Perceptions’ – Photographer Brian Steel Fights Ableism

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"The overall message is that you cannot tell what a person is capable of or what their life is like simply by looking at them. " Brian Steel

Advice from Someone Who Has Been There

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I love Larry Bissonnette- artist and disability rights activist. If

No Limits: People With Cerebral Palsy v Condescending Tools

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No Limits: People With Cerebral Palsy v Condescending Tools.

Presume My Competence

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Really, this is number one. Please presume my competence.

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