Sep 25
Since Autism Speaks released its appalling video “I Am Autism” earlier this week, to widespread global condemnation from parents and autistic self-advocates alike, British blogger Socrates of The New Republic has taken a leading role in organizing resistance to this latest atrocious effort to demonize autistic people. He has taken the top Google spot from Autism Speaks [...] [...more]
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Since Autism Speaks released its appalling video “I Am Autism” earlier this week, to widespread global condemnation from parents and autistic self-advocates alike, British blogger Socrates of The New Republic has taken a leading role in organizing resistance to this latest atrocious effort to demonize autistic people. He has taken the top Google spot from Autism Speaks with a parody of the “I Am Autism” video. To show your support for his efforts, go to his blog and leave a message in the comments! And if you have a blog or other website where you can express your views, please write your own post making clear why Autism Speaks does not speak for you. It’s past time to put an end to their hatred.
Jan 10
Dora Raymaker of Portland, Oregon, has been hired by the social action network Change.org to blog about autism issues. She is Co-director of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education and is a member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s Board of Directors. Kristina Chew, formerly of Autism Vox, will be her blogging [...] [...more]
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Dora Raymaker of Portland, Oregon, has been hired by the social action network Change.org to blog about autism issues. She is Co-director of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education and is a member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s Board of Directors. Kristina Chew, formerly of Autism Vox, will be her blogging partner.
On the blog, she writes that she is committed to improving quality of life for individuals on the autistic spectrum–including herself. Her posts highlight issues of importance to the autistic community, encourage input from self-advocates, and seek to make a positive difference in the lives of autistic citizens.
Nov 23
I would like to thank everyone who contributed to my forum community over the past four years. Aspergian Pride’s forum was one of several web communities inspired by Aspergia, which closed its forum in July 2004. My goals in creating this site were to nurture a sense of pride and self-acceptance among the autistic/Aspergian population [...] [...more]
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I would like to thank everyone who contributed to my forum community over the past four years. Aspergian Pride’s forum was one of several web communities inspired by Aspergia, which closed its forum in July 2004. My goals in creating this site were to nurture a sense of pride and self-acceptance among the autistic/Aspergian population and to help bring about mainstream awareness of the neurodiversity movement. I believe that my efforts and those of many others have been successful in this regard, although there is still much work to be done in the cause of autistic civil rights.
The Aspergian Pride website will stay up, and I plan to continue writing blog entries to highlight the accomplishments of individuals within our community. Best wishes and happy holidays to all.
Bonnie
Apr 02
Alex Plank, one of the founders of the popular Wrong Planet web community, sought to fill the need for useful online resources for people on the autistic spectrum when the site was created in 2004. In addition to the Wrong Planet forum, which has a large number of regular visitors, the site also provides a [...] [...more]
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Alex Plank, one of the founders of the popular Wrong Planet web community, sought to fill the need for useful online resources for people on the autistic spectrum when the site was created in 2004. In addition to the Wrong Planet forum, which has a large number of regular visitors, the site also provides a collection of articles on various helpful topics and a blog focusing on autistic civil rights advocacy.
A student at George Mason University who majors in film and video, Alex often speaks and writes about neurodiversity and explains why he finds the concept of recovery from autism to be offensive. He was featured in a Chicago Tribune online article discussing why many autistics find the concept of cure objectionable.
Check out Alex’s hilarious April 1 blog post: Wrong Planet Acquires Autism Speaks.
Sep 26
Bev Harp, who blogs at Asperger Square 8, got involved in online autistic civil rights advocacy in March, and she already has had a great deal of impact in changing the way people think about neurological differences. Some of Bev’s posts are written in a dialogue style, as if she were having a conversation with [...] [...more]
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Bev Harp, who blogs at Asperger Square 8, got involved in online autistic civil rights advocacy in March, and she already has had a great deal of impact in changing the way people think about neurological differences.
Some of Bev’s posts are written in a dialogue style, as if she were having a conversation with an acquaintance and explaining why she speaks and behaves in certain ways. Her matter-of-fact explanations, written in basic terms to which most people can relate, go a long way toward demystifying autistic traits.
In addition, she is an outstanding graphic artist, has a great sense of humor, and often illustrates her posts with wickedly funny cartoons that show the absurdity of today’s prejudices against the autistic minority population. One of her cartoons was featured in an article in Slate Magazine not long ago.
Bev did not know anything about autism until she was an adult, and she writes frankly about her past self-image as a misfit and her struggles with depression and alcoholism. She chose to identify herself with the autistic community, she says, because she wants to see “a time when I don’t need to ‘take pride’ in who I am, because there is no stigma attached to begin with.”
Discovering her Aspergian identity motivated Bev to go back to school and enroll in a social work program, which she will complete in December. She plans to go on to graduate school and to study the needs of the autistic population, promoting fair and objective thinking from an autistic viewpoint. Best wishes for your new career, Bev!
Jul 07
I’ve changed to WordPress for my portal software. This will give the site more flexibility and will allow me to make blog posts. The new Aspergian Pride blog will feature stories of pride, activism, community involvement, and personal accomplishments in the autistic community. [...more]
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I’ve changed to WordPress for my portal software. This will give the site more flexibility and will allow me to make blog posts. The new Aspergian Pride blog will feature stories of pride, activism, community involvement, and personal accomplishments in the autistic community.