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Is Autism Speaks a Hate Group?
I know they are hateful. I know they don’t like Autistics. I know they use most of their resources to convince people that the world would be a better place without us, and actually using…
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Autism Acceptance – It Requires Action
It has been a long time since Autistics started saying that Autism Awareness is not enough. It has been a long time since Autistics started saying that Autism Awareness actually hurts us. Nothing much has…
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Your Autism Awareness Has Failed
It is almost April and it is the time of the year when Autistics have to remind the rest of the world that we are human beings, that we have human feelings. We need to…
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Why I #BoycottAutismSpeaks
I Boycott Autism Speaks because I am Autistic and I value my life. I Boycott Autism Speaks because I value all lives. Autism Speaks is a hate group that uses marketing strategies to deceive the…
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Parent Expectations and Autism Acceptance
I have to cite the hateful Op-Ed Autism Speaks’ co-founder Suzanne Wright wrote a coupe of months ago. It took me a while to process one of the many discussions I was part of and…
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AWN Squares Off with Autism Speaks Over National Autism Plan
On Wednesday, the Autism Women’s Network (AWN) condemned Autism Speaks’, Suzanne Wright, and all entities involved in the publication of “Autism Speaks to Washington- A Call for Action” and its hostile and dishonest portrayal of…
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Authentic Autistic Representation Values Black Autistic Lives and Black Autistic Voices
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN), an organization primarily led by autistic people of color, is appalled by the August 13 Today Show article, “Why there’s a war between parents of children with autism…
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Autistic Representation Needs Autistic Voices
Hollywood loves talking about autism but refuses to talk to Autistics. When a new show or movie with an Autistic character airs, writers, directors and producers pat themselves on the back because they are so…
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“Please Don’t Murder Us” Shouldn’t Be Controversial
If you say that lack of services can lead to parents murdering their disabled children, then every time a parent of a living disabled child complains about lack of services, you have to say they…
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Dear Google, Do No Harm
Dear Google: I am very concerned about something you are getting yourself into. I am very concerned about the rights of my people if you actually do what you intend to do. I think you…
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Stop Combating Me
The enemy Terrorists Criminals Deadly diseases We get together, we put on special and reinforced gear, we arm ourselves with weapons we know will, at least, hurt our enemy, or even exterminate the “evil”. That’s…
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Activist
I blog regularly for two websites and anyone can find my mini biography on those sites. Until recently, my bio said “Autistic self-advocate”. I changed that to the more comprehensive “Autistic Activist”. First, I am…
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