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Who am us anyway?
The post Why “High Functioning” Autism Is So Challenging over at About.com’s autism section is a more comprehensive and yet more concise write-up of some of the same ideas I’ve covered in past blog posts, especially the “but you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Challenges
Tagged ableism, advocacy, compassion, kindness, life, social
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Just say “no” to hate
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
Posted in Advocacy, Life, Society
Tagged advocacy, compassion, dehumanization, kindness, leadership, RAKtivist, social
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Killing autistic people A-OK with Facebook
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
Posted in Advocacy, General
Tagged ableism, advocacy, Autistic Trigger-Warning, clueless, compassion, dehumanization, Facebook, fail, kindness, social
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How do we make people want to change? – Lynne Soraya
Over at her Psychology Today blog, Lynne Soraya asks “How do we make people want to change?” For me the answer is “we don’t”. One of the biggest problems I see today is this epidemic of worrying so much about … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Life, Q&A, Society
Tagged advocacy, compassion, kindness, leadership, life
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Paradigms and puzzle pieces
I’ve been lucky enough in my lifetime to witness sweeping cultural changes with respect to race and gender equality. Part of this was the changing larger cultural context of the times in which I grew up and part of it … Continue reading