Neurodiversity: Sexuality and Identifying Oneself
Disclaimer: A discussion post on sex and sexuality It’s important to identify ourselves. By identifying ourselves the way we know best, there are many ways we can identify ourselves in this world. Some...
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Autistic Community for Equality (ACE) Facebook page is Up Now!!!
Autistic Community for Equality – ACE Please Check Out this Facebook Page link above and Like for Equality to start the dream for a Better Humanity!!! It’s an initiative which starts here and can build...
View ArticleMy Speech from the Day of Mourning Vigil in New City, NY 2014
(State Senator David Carlucci was at the Vigil too and I made a great new connection with him. He is interested in working with Community Alliance For Ethical Treatment of Youth (CAFETY) that I am a...
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Video from Day of Mourning Vigil in New City 2014, Sponsored by Autistic...
Watch Senator David Carlucci speak at this Vigil as well as listening to my Speech!!! Here is more information from the Day of Mourning Vigil, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network. Skyler the Maltese Dog...
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Don’t Forget About this Awesome Event on June 18, 2014, Autistic Pride Day on...
The Autistic Artistic Carnival is coming soon this June, Just a Reminder that Beginning April 1, 2014, submissions will begin to be accepted for this Online Carnival on Drive Mom Crazy Blog until June...
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Submissions are Ready to be Received for the 5th Annual Autistic Artistic...
The Guidelines for this year’s Autistic Artistic Carnival is for every Autistic person to submit their works to be shown on this website on Autistic Pride Day, June 18 is being shown now!!! Any...
View ArticleLet’s Give Everyone Their Chance For their Own Success!
Being Disabled is not the same as being able. It’s hard dealing with people who just don’t understand us as being a part of the Disability community. I have met many people who look at me like I am an...
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Functioning Labels and the Language We Have Used Creates Stigma Even Today
(I know it’s been a while since my last post) Reasons Why Functioning Labels Do NOT make any Sense: 1) Everyone at some point during a day functions at a high or low level. 2) Just because someone is...
View ArticleThe Disability community needs services to ensure success in life
Either we have services or we don’t have services, but what happens when we do or don’t have services… It’s a CATCH-22! Needing services and using the services: 1) Not having your own voice 2) Having...
View Article5th Annual Autistic Artistic Carnival is UP!!!!
As you watch and look at all the creative Autistic artists who submitted their talented works in the 5th Annual Autistic Artistic Carnival, I would like to thank all those people and groups that...
View ArticleAlways Remember It’s Okay to Feel what we Feel as Individuality
Being who I am, I am easily swayed to think one way or the other. Organizations like Autism Speaks and the media know how to easily manipulate people to think their opinion is the right opinion. No...
View ArticleThe Importance of Being A Role Model for Others
Many people need role models to be able help facilitate and empower their life. A role model we seek out, helps us build who we are by giving us the opportunity to reach for our proudest moments. There...
View ArticleKnow your Voice, Know your Identities, Know your supports, and Live a...
An Open Letter to the many primary and secondary educators as well as the many professionals who try to create tokens to Autistic and other Disabled people who they don’t give proper education to own...
View ArticleMy Disability and Music paper from “Disability and Embodiment”
The song that was attached to a YouTube video a few years back was recently deleted, but intrigued me. The song tried to lift the barriers that the medical model of disability conveys. The song used...
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL: A Presentation on Autistic Artifacts from my project partner...
TRIGGER Warning for everyone: We had used artifacts that were a part of the medical and charity models of disability towards the end of the presentation. This was only to show that they are artifacts...
View ArticleFOCUS On The Present & How to Focus on Your Life
The 8 ways to Focus on the Present and How to Focus on your Life::: 1) How do you relate to people 2) How do you function in the world 3) How do you do your work 4) How do you interact and react to...
View ArticleMy Reflection from class in the Fall on ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in...
SPOILER alert: For anyone who has not read this book yet! In Mark Haddon’s book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,” it made me think of the visual thinking I have. The character in the...
View ArticleA Reflection I wrote in the Fall on ‘The Importance of Inclusive Education’...
The article, “Islands of Loneliness:,” by Theoharis, et. al, the authors write about the importance of inclusive education for Autistic people like myself. I reflect how I agree with the authors. They...
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My opening remarks for the 2015 Day of Mourning Vigil in New City, NY
(The vigil will be held today at 3 pm at Rockland County Courthouse lawn, the link for the vigil facebook page is New City Vigil!! This day is important to me as an Autistic and Disabled person. I have...
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For June 18, 2015: 6th Annual Autistic Artistic Carnival is ready for...
Have no FEAR, have no ANGER, have no HATE…why????? Because the love of the Autistic Artistic Carnival is coming soon this JUNE… REMEMBER::: It is for any Autistic person from all ages from all over the...
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The Importance of living a Self-Determined Life
Self-determined language is very important for any one to know that any one can identify themselves the way any one feels comfortable with. Self-determination is also a way to be involved with our own...
View ArticleStruggling to Communicate with People my Whole Life
Communication is key!! However, I have been struggling to communicate with people my whole life from speech difficulties, being Autistic (not being a mainstream general person), and living my life as a...
View ArticleMy “Dream that Turned Into Reality”
The History toward achieving my self-determination (IRI) Independence Residence, Inc. (the IRI facebook page is here and twitter is here too : IRI and their youtube page is here: IRI) is a non-profit...
View ArticleWhat Being a Self-Advocate means, and it’s Not Being Objectified
Inspiration Porn is when society objectifies Disabled people in the community like Autistic people have been objectified for the past 10 years especially by organizations like Autism Speaks....
View ArticleAccepting Changes in Our Life can be HARD, Let’s do it anyway!
I know that just because someone may be a very conservative or liberal or moderate, does not mean we can not have good communication with them. It really makes life more fun and interesting when we can...
View ArticleHow to Encourage any Autistic person In Leading Their Own Life
There is a difference between ABA and floor-time, and there is a difference in what we really can do for my Autistic peers and I who need to be able to live self-directed lives. We need to realize how...
View Article10 ways Non-autistic people tell Autistic people to Pass For Normal is...
1) When an Autistic person is told to pass for normal, we are usually told AAC is not allowed to communicate with others. The people we interact with tell us that we must speak through our mouths. 2)...
View ArticleAutistic Pride Day 2015 and the 6th Annual Autistic Artistic Carnival
I shift myself up, I shift myself closer, I send my love, I heal the generations, I feel, I sign, I move, I move a lot, and most importantly, I follow my dream, I am a Disabled activist, I am Autistic,...
View ArticleBuilding Bridges when meeting people in groups
Meet up groups : Specific Functions 1) Meeting with likeminded individuals in the community, not in a congregate settings like a home or other segregated areas 2) Hanging out, socializing, getting to...
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Re-Investing in the Future: Autistic Artistic Carnival Coming Soon this June...
Introducing…… Drum Roll Please… 2019 All New, All Inclusive, All Ages, All Parts of Autistic Culture from The Autistic Pride Day Event 6 years in a row, from 2010 to 2015…Autistic Pride Day, June 18…...
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