Originally posted on Autistic Science Person : Color the Spectrum, a livestreaming fundraiser event organized by non-autistic people and involving prominent celebrities, is scheduled for Friday, April 30th 2021. The money collected through this fundraiser is set to go to NEXT for Autism, an organization that awards funding to other nonprofit organizations through a grant application
Originally posted on Autistic Science Person : [To see the press release, click here.] A message to the entire Autistic community: Last week, an Autistic person became aware of Color the Spectrum, a fundraising event for the nonprofit Next for Autism, and the controversy surrounding it. He recognized that there were people he knew who were
I ask that the other celebrity guests do the same. I also ask that people who are considering donating to Color the Spectrum instead look up the #FinanceTheSpectrum and give directly to one or more of the autistic people who are struggling right now. Through direct giving, you can make a difference in someone’s life today instead of giving it to people who refuse to listen to the people they claim…
Alek Minassian killed ten people: Ji Hun Kim, So He Chung, Anne Marie D’Amico, Andrea Bradden, Chul “Eddie” Min Kang, Beutis Renuka Amarasingha, Geraldine Brady, Munir Abdo Habib Najjar, and Mary Elizabeth Forsyth. He is also responsible for injuring sixteen other people. After the attack in 2018 it was reported that Minassian is autistic. I Continue reading Alek Minassian s Plea of Not Criminally…
Statistics Canada (Stats Can) has run three public survey since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic began shutting down public life in March. None of those surveys has considered the unique concerns of disabled Canadians in the survey questions themselves or even in the demographic information collected at the end of the survey. This is Continue reading Statistics Canada isn t Collecting…
Content warnings for discussion of adoption, racism and child abuse Mika Stauffer is a YouTuber and Instagram influencer. She has hundreds of thousands of followers and she has just revealed that she and her husband James have dissolved the adoption of their autistic son Huxley who they adopted from China. This is a story that Continue reading Influencer/YouTuber Mika Stauffer and her Husband…
Content Warning for mentions of mental health and abuse I have been in self isolation since March 16, I have only gone out twice since then and those trips were unavoidable to collect prescriptions. On March 16th, I woke up early because I knew that more serious restrictions due to the coronavirus were likely about Continue reading Cripping Quarantine: Corona Virus, Disability, and Mental Health
Thank goodness for whoever decided to release the memoir I overcame my Autism and all I got was this Lousy Anxiety Disorder by Sarah Kurchak early on April 2nd. I immediately downloaded the ebook, though hardcopies are also theoretically also currently available in Canada but shipping delays might keep you from getting it until May Continue reading Sarah Kurchak s I Overcame My Autism and All I…
Autistic people exist, you are now aware, can we move on to acceptance and meaningful inclusion and support now?
Near the beginning of the film Crip Camp which premiered today on Netflix, a girl named Valerie sees that she is being filmed and asks Is this necessary? Is this important? The answer is of course, yes this was very important. I am so grateful for this film. It is absolutely unrepentant for disabled people. Continue reading Crip Camp: It is Necessary and Important