Tag Archives: dehumanization

Can I just be a functioning autistic?

Posted on November 3, 2015 by T.Rob

My response to ‘Why This “High-Functioning” Autistic Really Wishes You’d Shut Up About High-Functioning Autistics’ (original linked from my post). Continue reading →

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Open Letter to Facebook’s Monika Bickert and Justin Osofsky

Posted on October 5, 2015 by T.Rob

Monika Bickert, Facebook’s Head of Global Product Policy and Justin Osofsky, their Vice President of Global Operations co-wrote this letter about Facebook’s Community Standards. Among the principles they claim Facebook is guided by are: Keeping you safe. We have zero … Continue reading →

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Just say “no” to hate

Posted on January 23, 2015 by T.Rob

In Florida it is the homeless that are the problem rather than the fact of people having no place to live and starving in the street. Well, Florida and like 20 other states that criminalize homelessness. Some days I can … Continue reading →

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Killing autistic people A-OK with Facebook

Posted on December 9, 2014 by T.Rob

Last night I posted a request to autistic friends and allies to report a Facebook page called “Exterminate all Autistics.”  Many did and by the next morning the page had been removed.  But earlier in the evening, one friend received … Continue reading →

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Obesity, disability are not capital offenses

Posted on December 6, 2014 by T.Rob

This is unbelievable.  The AP story as published here by ABC News begins with these words: “Eric Garner was overweight and in poor health. He was a nuisance to shop owners who complained about him selling untaxed cigarettes on the … Continue reading →

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A working definition of hate in three acts

Posted on December 23, 2013 by T.Rob

Yesterday I participated in a virtual march on Autism Speaks.  There was a rather large outpouring of tweets and Facebook posts. I thought it would be great if we had some news coverage so I looked up the news staff … Continue reading →

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My journey to the brink and back

Posted on January 30, 2013 by T.Rob

I originally wrote this in response to a question received in the first week after starting the blog, and then I shelved it.  After leaving school I never gave much thought to these events so when I undertook to put … Continue reading →

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What not to celebrate

Posted on December 30, 2012 by T.Rob

Trigger warning: ableism, bigotry, bullying, callous disregard for others, dehumanization, forced isolation Sorry to dredge up something from last year, but dissecting this cadaver in the name of science will do much to advance our understanding of mental illness and … Continue reading →

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Response to Dr. Paul Steinberg’s NYT Op-Ed

Posted on December 28, 2012 by T.Rob

Trigger warning: Ableism, bigotry, dehumanization, institutionalization, Islamaphobia, racism, zombies Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg over at the disabilityandrepresentation.com blog wrote a post Scapegoating Schizophrenia: Paul Steinberg’s Shameful New York Times Op-Ed Column today that alerted me to some irresponsible comments by Dr. Paul … Continue reading →

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