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Communication, Interaction, and Autism Acceptance

Communication, Interaction, and Autism Acceptance

2019-04-18T18:31:05-04:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: AAC, Ableism, Accommodations, Amy Sequenzia, Author, Autism, blog, General|Tags: ableism, Amy Sequenzia, autism, autism acceptance, Autism Acceptance Month, autism awareness, autism awareness month, communication, non verbal, non-speaking, respect|

Communication, Interaction and Autism Acceptance Communication, Interaction, and

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Autistic, Non-Speaking, and “Intelligent”

Autistic, Non-Speaking, and “Intelligent”

2017-03-03T14:10:54-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Amy Sequenzia, Autism, blog|Tags: ableism, Amy Sequenzia, autistic, neurodivergent, non-speaking|

Autistic, Non-Speaking, and "Intelligent" by Amy Sequenzia "Being Autistic

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“Speechless”: A Comedy That Includes Disability

“Speechless”: A Comedy That Includes Disability

2016-11-10T10:11:22-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: AAC, blog, Cross Disability, Lauri Swann Hunt, Media Representation, Ollibean Family|Tags: AAC, communication, media representation, non verbal, non-speaking|

"Speechless" has been picked up by ABC. "Speechless”, is

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Parents, Are You Listening To Your Child?

Parents, Are You Listening To Your Child?

2016-11-10T10:11:24-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Amy Sequenzia, Autism, blog, Neurodiversity, Parenting|Tags: autism, autism acceptance, Autism Acceptance Month, autistic, cerebral palsy, Disability, disabled, non verbal, non-speaking, parenting, parenting autistic children|

As a non-speaking Autistic, I pay special attention to comments and statements made by parents of other non-speaking Autistics, especially children. Many times I see parents lamenting that they will never listen to their Autistic child say "I love you", or how much they long to hear those words.

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Apple Celebrates Autism Acceptance Month with “Dillan’s Voice”

Apple Celebrates Autism Acceptance Month with “Dillan’s Voice”

2016-11-10T10:11:24-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: AAC, Assistive Technology, Autism, blog, Media Representation, Neurodiversity|Tags: Acc, apple, Autism Acceptance Month, autistic, communication, Dillan Barmache, Dillan's Voice, inclusion, ipad, non verbal, non-speaking|

Autistic high school student Dillan Barmache, has so much to say and

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A Vibrant Mind Hidden In Plain Sight

A Vibrant Mind Hidden In Plain Sight

2016-11-10T10:11:25-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: AAC, Cross Disability, Editor's Picks, General|Tags: "A Vibrant Mind Hidden In Plain Sight", AAC, AAS, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, coma, communication, cross disability, dignity, expectations matter, Five Reasons You Need to Read 'Ghost Boy' by Martin Pistorius, Ghost Boy, Locked In Syndrome, Martin Pistorius, non verbal, non-speaking, presume competence, respect, TED Talks|

Martin Pistorius, author of the New York Times best-seller, Ghost Boy: The

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Being Comfortable In My Skin

2016-11-10T10:11:26-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, General|Tags: activism, Amy Sequenzia, autism acceptance, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, Autistic Pride, Celebrating My Life by Amy Sequenzia, Dear Ibby, disability pride, epilepsy, Ibby Grace, JER, John Elder Robinson, Neurodiversity, non verbal, non-speaking, Typed Words Loud Voices|

When I shared my post "Celebrating My Life" one commenter

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Celebrating My Life

Celebrating My Life

2019-03-28T16:55:07-04:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Ableism, Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, Autism, blog, General|Tags: activism, Amy Sequenzia, autism acceptance, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, Autistic Pride, Celebrating My Life by Amy Sequenzia, Dear Ibby, disability pride, epilepsy, Ibby Grace, JER, John Elder Robinson, Neurodiversity, non verbal, non-speaking, Typed Words Loud Voices|

Celebrating My Life Amy Sequenzia won't stop celebrating her autistic,

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Five Reasons You Need to Read ‘Ghost Boy’ by Martin Pistorius

2016-11-10T10:11:29-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: AAC, Assistive Technology, Author, blog, Books You Need, Cerebral Palsy, Editor's Picks, General, Lauri Swann Hunt|Tags: AAC, AAS, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, coma, communication, cross disability, dignity, Five Reasons You Need to Read 'Ghost Boy' by Martin Pistorius, Ghost Boy, Locked In Syndrome, Martin Pistorius, non verbal, non-speaking, presume competence, respect|

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.

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Life for Lief ~ “See Me As Smart”

2016-11-10T10:11:37-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: AAC, Advocacy, Articles, Disability Rights, General, Neurodiversity, Ollibean Family, Parenting|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cross disability, heart transplant, Life for Lief, Life with Lief, non-speaking, organ transplants, presume competence|

“Some people think that kids who are autistic can’t handle getting a transplant. Kids with autism can handle it.” Lief O'Neill

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Hopes

2016-11-10T10:11:38-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, General, Search Categories|Tags: activism, advocacy, all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, civil rights, cross disability, disability rights, Emma, Emma's Hope Book, Henry Frost, human rights, I STAND WITH HENRY, non-speaking, Rob Gross, typing|

I might be too optimistic for the reality, but I need HOPE to be able to keep demanding the rights taken away from me, just because I am me.

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Ollibean and MyVoice Holiday Gift

2016-11-10T10:11:40-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: AAC, Assistive Technology, blog, General, Search Categories|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, communication, cross disability, MyVoice, non verbal, non-speaking, Ollibean, Ollibean & MyVoice Holiday Contest, RocketKeys, TalkRocket Go, typer|

‘Tis the season and we've teamed up with MyVoice for

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How It Helps

2016-11-10T10:11:42-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Amy Sequenzia, Author, Autism, blog, General, Neurodiversity|Tags: all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic activist, cross disability, Neurodiversity, non-speaking, presuming competence|

I wrote about Presumption of Competence before, and how it is important for all of us. This time I write about how it feels and how my life changed because I was assumed to be competent.

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We Are Not In Our Own World

2016-11-10T10:11:47-05:00By Judy Endow|Categories: Advocacy, Author, blog, Featured (Homepage), General, Inclusive Education, Judy Endow, Search Categories, Think Tank|Tags: ableism, ASD, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, behavior, blind, cerebral palsy, communication, cross disability, deaf, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, developmental disabilities, disabilities, Disability, diversity, Judy Endow, Judy Endow MSW, medical model, Neurodiversity, non verbal, non-speaking, pathology paradigm, proprioception, Special Education, special needs, students, We Are Not In Our Own World by Judy Endow|

We need to be careful about how we think about and talk about people with disabilities. One example is the reference that those who are autistic or deaf or blind or have some sort of movement differences are “in their own world.”

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Not Impossible: The Story of Daniel

2016-11-10T10:11:49-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, blog, Education, General, Inclusive Education|Tags: all disabilities, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, communication, developmental disabilities, non-speaking, Rapid Prompting Method, RPM, severe autism, Soma, Soma Mukhopadhyay|

Five years ago (next month) our severely autistic son Daniel had a major breakthrough. This whole world is new to him: standards, peers, comradeship and competition.

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Ariane Zurcher: Non-Speaking Autistic Woman Writes Book

2016-11-10T10:11:49-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Around the Web, Articles, Assistive Technology, Featured (Homepage), General|Tags: AAC, Adult Autistic, adults with autism, all disabilities, Ariane Zurcher, ASD, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, autism, Autism Books, Autism Non-Speaking, Autism Role Models, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, Autistic Adults, Barb Rentenbach, books, Books About Autism, Books On Autism, communication, Emma's Hope Book, Facilitated-Communication, Healthy Living New, Healthy Living News, Huffington Post, I Might Be You, Life With Autism, Living With Autism, non-speaking, Nonverbal Communication, supported typing, typing|

Barb Rentenbach's funny, poignant and beautiful must-read book, I Might Be You: An Exploration of Autism and Connection, is now available as an audiobook.

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Everyone Communicates

2016-11-10T10:11:49-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Assistive Technology, Editor's Picks, General, Resources, Resources We Love|Tags: AAC, AAC resource, all disabilities, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, cross disability, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, Everyone Communicates, Judy Bailey, non-speaking, resource we love, resources|

One of our favorite resources for all things AAC!

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Autistic Teen Uses Tech to Break Silence

2016-11-10T10:11:50-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Around the Web, Articles, General|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, ASD, augmentative and alternative communication, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, communication, Ido in Autismland, Ido Kedar, ipad, non-speaking|

A brilliant 16-year-old boy who has autism is breaking through

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The Most Important Information About AAC Use in the Classroom

2016-11-10T10:11:53-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: blog|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, Carol Zangari, cerebral palsy, communication, developmental disabilities, ipad, non-speaking, PraAACtical AAC, special needs|

Presumption of competence combined with support and collaboration from team members helps the learner with complex communication needs have a voice in the classroom.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay Stand Up for Inclusion

2016-11-10T10:11:54-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Around the Web, Autism, Events, General, Inclusion|Tags: AAC, acceptance, advocacy, all disabilities, April, ASAN, autism, autism acceptance, Autism Society of Florida, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Women's Network, autistic, CARD, cerebral palsy, communication, developmental disabilities, Disability, down syndrome, Gerardine Wurzburg, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, inclusion, Larry Bissonette, Mary Schuh, non verbal, non-speaking, Ollibean, Ollibean Art for Change, self-advocacy, self-advocates, special needs, Tampa, Tampa Theatre, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, The National Center on Inclusive Education, The New York Yankees, Tracy Thresher, typing, University of South Florida, USF, Wretches & Jabberers|

Presented and discussed will be the importance of inclusion and friendship for youth with disabilities. The cast and of the acclaimed feature documentary, Wretches & Jabberers will be joined by The National Center on Inclusive Education’s Mary Schuh, PhD, and Tampa advocate, 13 year old, Henry Frost.

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April and Autism Acceptance at Tampa Theatre

2016-11-10T10:11:54-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Autism, Editor's Picks, Entertainment, Events, General, Inclusive Education, Media Representation, Neurodiversity, Ollibean Foundation|Tags: AAC, acceptance, advocacy, all disabilities, April, ASAN, autism, autism acceptance, Autism Society of Florida, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Women's Network, autistic, CARD, cerebral palsy, communication, developmental disabilities, Disability, disability in the media, down syndrome, Gerardine Wurzburg, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, inclusion, Larry Bissonette, Mary Schuh, media representation, non verbal, non-speaking, Ollibean, Ollibean Art for Change, self-advocacy, self-advocates, special needs, Tampa, Tampa Theatre, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, The National Center on Inclusive Education, The New York Yankees, Tracy Thresher, typing, University of South Florida, USF, Wretches & Jabberers|

Get your advocacy on. April and Autism Acceptance is in Tampa. The rock stars of disability advocacy- Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette- are back.

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Ollibean Art for Change at USF: April. Autism. Advocacy. Acceptance.

2016-11-10T10:11:54-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Autism, Entertainment, Events, Inclusive Education, Ollibean Foundation|Tags: AAC, acceptance, advocacy, all disabilities, April, autism, autism acceptance, Autism Society of Florida, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Women's Network, autistic, CARD, cerebral palsy, communication, developmental disabilities, Disability, disability in the media, down syndrome, Gerardine Wurzburg, Harvey Lavoy, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, inclusion, Larry Bissonette, Mary Schuh, media representation, non verbal, non-speaking, Ollibean Art for Change, Pascal Cheng, self-advocacy, self-advocates, special needs, Tampa, Tampa Theatre, The National Center on Inclusive Education, Tracy Thresher, typing, University of South Florida, USF, Wretches & Jabberers|

A day of inclusive education, community acceptance, and self-advocacy at USF with Academy Award Winning Director and Stars of the Acclaimed Documentary Wretches & Jabberers, NCIE's Mary Schuh, PhD, and Tampa advocate Henry Frost. CARD (The Center for Autism and Related Disorders) at the University of South Florida) will host at USF's Marshall Hall.

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Ten Things I wish My Teacher and SLP Knew about AAC : Pat Mervine

2016-11-10T10:11:55-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: AAC, Articles, Assistive Technology, blog, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General, Inclusive Education, Resources We Love, Search Categories|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, cross disa, inclusion, non-speaking, Pat Irvine, Special Education|

Pat Mervine has a great website and is the author

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It is About Respect

2016-11-10T10:12:00-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, General, Think Tank|Tags: AAC, ableism, advocacy, advocate, all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, autism, autistic, cross disability, inclusion. respect, neurodiveristy, non-speaking, presume competence, self-advocate, typing|

Respect for one another is one basic quality if we want to have meaningful conversations and relationships with other human beings. The ableism that disabled people experience is a form of disrespect.

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My Top Ten

2016-11-10T10:12:01-05:00By Henry Frost|Categories: Advocacy, blog, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General, Henry, Think Tank, Video|Tags: AAC, advocacy, advocate, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, cerebral palsy, Henry, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, ipad, ISTANDWITHHENRY, non verbal, non-speaking, rare or undiagnosed disorders, Top 10 List for Teachers|

These are the top 10, now top 18 things I need for teachers, therapists, doctors, friends and family to know.

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My iPad Is Not a Toy

2016-11-10T10:12:01-05:00By Henry Frost|Categories: Advocacy, blog, Editor's Picks, General, Henry, Inclusion, Neurodiversity, Ollibean Family, Think Tank, Video|Tags: AAC, advocacy, advocate, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, ipad, ISTANDWITHHENRY, non verbal, non-speaking, rare or undiagnosed disorders, Top 10 List for Teachers|

Please never refer to my iPad as a toy. It is not. It is my voice. Imagine if you could not speak with your mouth how important your iPad voice would be.

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