Ollibean authors write about inclusion, disability, neurodiversity, autism, advocacy, education, parenting, disability rights, ableism and assistive technology.
Synesthesia
Synesthesia I am a synesthete. I see colors and movement
Ollibean authors write about inclusion, disability, neurodiversity, autism, advocacy, education, parenting, disability rights, ableism and assistive technology.
Synesthesia I am a synesthete. I see colors and movement
When I shared my post "Celebrating My Life" one commenter
Many any individuals with classic autism seem to have neurological
Celebrating My Life Amy Sequenzia won't stop celebrating her autistic,
It has taken most my lifetime for me to begin
This blog (The Autism Wars), and all the other blogs
I don’t want Autism Awareness. Actually, I fear Autism Awareness because it only makes the world fear, hate and ignore us, one blue light, one puzzle piece at a time.
A universal assumption about autism is that autistic people tend
You are anywhere You are anytime Daring and enticing Changes
I started painting with acrylics in 2012. I wanted to
Feb. 23, 2013 was this flash blog day. Autistics were
My life through the years I've been listening to this
I recently presented to a room full of people on
Autism Speaks asked us to tell how our lives have been touched by the organization’s “advocacy”. Autism Speaks should have known better. The party belongs to Autistics now.
What do you do when you become the principal
I love musicals and other live theater performances. About five
For over ten years Martin Pistorius was trapped in his own body, fully cognizant, but unable to speak or move. He was surrounded by people who believed he was incapable of thinking and tried desperately to get just one person to notice. His story serves as a wake-up call for all of us to drastically change our assumptions about speech and intellectual capacity as well as the need to radically reform expectations and treatment of people with complex communication needs.
In this life I am missing the ability to go
The Supreme Court has a case that affects all disabled people, and the decision can be very damaging for us. We need to trust the police, and the police must “Connect, Respect, Protect” disabled people as they do with all people, not command, advance, hurt , kill.
This week someone asked me if I was proud to
I had the opportunity to speak, as a public comment,
Autistic meltdowns and temper tantrums are not the same thing. Autistic meltdowns typically occur as a response to being overwhelmed.
Recently, I was told by a parent of a child
In Sidewalk Cracks: Authentic Relationships In life we play on
As an autism consultant I am often asked how
by Amy Sequenzia Reginald "Neli" Latson was an 18
I am a professional person who works as an autism consultant to various school districts when I am not speaking and writing. I have an autism neurology myself so I enjoy the privilege of being able to see and experience autism from a variety of viewpoints. One thing that greatly pains me is the continuing wrong assumptions professional people make about autistics and how those wrong assumptions often get interpreted as fact.
Autism and Holiday Schedules by Judy Endow
Ollibean Goods - gifts that celebrate inclusion and diversity . Ollibean Goods donates 10 % of net proceeds to fund literacy programs and provide iPads for communication .
All my life I have been easily overwhelmed by sound
As an autistic, I know first hand how my communication
Awareness campaigns of disabilities are only effective if they are planned and run primarily by the groups that are the subjects of the campaign. This is because such campaigns are not “awareness”, but “acceptance” campaigns. We welcome support, with focus on respect, equality and access. We don’t need “awareness” of deficits and tragic rhetoric.