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Autism, Differences and Murder

2016-11-10T10:11:30-05:00By Judy Endow|Categories: Author, Autism, blog, General, Judy Endow|Tags: ableism, all disabilities, Autism Differences and Murder, Autism Differences and Murder by Judy Endow, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cross disability, discrimination, George Zimmerman, Judy Endow, Michael Brown, murder, Navigating the Hidden Curriculum, neurology, special needs|

Ever since the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman

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Remember

Remember

2016-11-10T10:11:40-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, Disability Rights, General, Search Categories|Tags: ableism, all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cross disability, Issy Stapleton, murder|

Between my activism and the end of the year celebrations, I want to make time to remember my brothers and sisters that can no longer smile.

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IT IS WRONG TO MURDER YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD

IT IS WRONG TO MURDER YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD

2016-11-10T10:11:43-05:00By Judy Endow|Categories: Ableism, Author, blog, Judy Endow, Ollibean Family, Parenting|Tags: ableism, autism, hate crime, Issy Stapleton, Judy Endow, murder|

I know how it feels to be the victim,

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

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

2016-11-10T10:11:48-05:00By Sarah Levis|Categories: Ableism, Advocacy, Advocacy, Articles, Author, Autism, blog, Disability Rights, General, Sarah Levis, Search Categories|Tags: advocacy, Alex Spourdalakis, all disabilities, Annette Corriveau, ASAN, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cross disability, developmental disabilities, hate crime, Janet Collins, Jeffrey Collins, murder, National Council on Disability, Robert Latimer, Sarah Levis, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Tracy Latimer|

How does it make you feel when you hear a

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Another Mom Faces Murder Charge in Child with Cerebral Palsy’s Death

2012-04-06T00:26:07-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, General, Medical|Tags: all disabilities, ataxic cerebral palsy, autsim spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, cp, developmental disabilities, murder|

A New York woman has pleaded not guilty to an

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Parents charged in death of Texas boy, 10

2012-04-07T16:59:53-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, General|Tags: all disabilities, all kids, ataxic cerebral palsy, Attention Deficit Disorders, cerebral palsy, cp, down syndrome, hearing impairment, learning disabilities, medically complex, murder, muscular dystrophies, parents, rare or undiagnosed disorder, spinal muscular atrophy|

TEXAS CITY, Texas, April 5 (UPI) -- The parents of

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Lives Not Worth Living : by Amy Sequenzia

2016-11-10T10:12:16-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, blog, General, Parenting, Politics|Tags: all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Candlelit Vigil for Disabled People Murdered by Relatives and Caregivers, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, Disability, down syndrome, epilepsy, George Hodgins, murder, rare or undiagnosed disorders, self-advocacy|

The title of this blog is an expression seen in many blogs written by disabilities advocates and self-advocates. Wasn’t his life worth living? Isn’t mine or the lives of all disabled people? The murder of 22 year-old autistic George Hodgins prompted the latest, very strong protests from the autistic community against the media coverage focused on the “reasons” for the killing, while ignoring George’s, the victim, life.

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