Communication, Interaction, and Autism Acceptance
Communication, Interaction and Autism Acceptance Communication, Interaction, and
Intelligence Is an Ableist Concept
Intelligence Is an Ableist Concept, by Amy Sequenzia. Warning:
Living My Disabled Life: My Story Is Mine to Tell Part 3
How I Tell My Story by Amy Sequenzia. Living
Toxic Autism Awareness
Toxic autism awareness - sorting out autism fact from autism
Autistic, Non-Speaking, and “Intelligent”
Autistic, Non-Speaking, and "Intelligent" by Amy Sequenzia "Being Autistic
The Gymnastics of Person First Language
by Amy Sequenzia This post is about Person First Language
Disability, Safety, and Value
Disability, Safety, and Value by Amy Sequenzia This post will
Communication and “Autism Specialists”
by Amy Sequenzia From time to time I find myself
Disability, Dignity and Cost
Disability, Dignity and "Cost" by Amy Sequenzia Warning: I am
Disabled TV Character and Positive Outcomes
One Person At A Time I wrote about this before
Why Disabled People Write About Ableism
Are You Paying Attention When Disabled People Write about
Autism, Accommodation and Differential Expectations
People generally are very pleased with themselves when they have made an accommodation for me. I know this because they proudly announce it! In turn, I have learned to say thank you when people announce their thoughtfulness at making an accommodation for me. I truly am thankful because it allows me a fuller participation in the events going on around me. It also makes me smile because I have been making accommodations for people my whole life and it has never occurred to me to announce it!
Normalcy is an Ableist Concept
by Amy Sequenzia Ableism: we know it is everywhere
Person First Language and Ableism
by Amy Sequenzia If you are not Disabled and
Disability History and Pop Culture
X Company is respectfully educating viewers about the ableism, discrimination and elimination of disabled people during the war. Hopefully, it will make more people aware of how disabled people are still discriminated against and abused in unthinkable ways.
Disability, Ableism, and Assumptions
by Amy Sequenzia The title of this article probably
Disabled Lives and Respect
I thought I wouldn't write about this case . I've been
Assumptions and Ableism
I've recently read an article about how some researches are
Surviving Inclusion: At The Intersection of Minority, Disability and Resegregation
Kerima Çevik on Surviving Inclusion: At The Intersection of
Ableism and Pity. Reject Them, Be Awesome
I have written about how I had to unlearn ableism.
On Surviving Inclusion
On Surviving Inclusion by Kerima Cevik Three
The Reason I Blog
This blog (The Autism Wars), and all the other blogs
Why I Don’t Like “Awareness”
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.
Autism, Differences and Murder
Ever since the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman
Attitudes – Information and Education
This is especially directed at parents, family members and all
Attitudes – Grading People
Parents and family of disabled people should start demanding that everyone who is part of their children lives stops using functioning labels. We don’t need to be graded. We already have value.
Attitudes – Communication
Communication is not only speaking, typing, texting or signing. Communication is also being able to listen and understand, being accommodated to make interaction possible.
Attitudes – Introduction
When you are disabled there is a lot going against
Being Disabled and in the Hospital
Being disabled and in hospitals is always scary because our lives is not valued as the lives of non-disabled. I was, in a way, lucky but the policies still need a lot of improvement.
Chalk Word Lines of Separation
Words are used in many ways Sometimes they are my
A Message to Suzanne Wright and Autism Speaks
I will soon write about posAutive messages but I had to write this first. I know my rights and I will fight against oppression at the same time that I spread the messages of acceptance and respect.