Content Notices: filicide, murder, functioning labels, Disability Day of Mourning.
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Continue reading “Disability Day of Mourning, 10 Years On”Tag: italics
The Presumption of Competence
Content Note: discussions of abuse, denial of communication, functioning “levels”
Continue reading “The Presumption of Competence”A Short Reaction to “Music” and the Reactions to It
Content Notice: discourse around the movie “Music”; ableism and discrimination against semi- and non-speaking autistics.
Continue reading “A Short Reaction to “Music” and the Reactions to It”On Students Travelling for the Holidays
Content Note: COVID-19
A Real Professional Might Just Do That
Content Notice: mentions of ABA, abuse by therapists and health professionals, minimizing of abuse and hurt, “not all [insert group here]” excuses
Continue reading “A Real Professional Might Just Do That”AAC Phrases For Medical Advocacy
Content Notice: medical, mentions of blood, fasting, surgery
Continue reading “AAC Phrases For Medical Advocacy”How do you symbolize intimacy? For many AAC programs, not particularly well.
Content Note: mentions of sex, genitalia, abuse, assault, violence against disabled people, infantilization of disabled people, removal of autonomy. Also, this post is over 5,000 words long.
Continue reading “How do you symbolize intimacy? For many AAC programs, not particularly well.”Either Meaning of “MSM” Works Here
Content Notice: death, HIV/AIDS, death by government inaction, general milquetoast liberal media fuckery.
Continue reading “Either Meaning of “MSM” Works Here”Poetry as AAC
Content Note: mentions of misogyny, anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes, ableism, racism
this is a poem about
how i communicate and
how i think and
why that matters Continue reading “Poetry as AAC”
Dispatches from a Pandemic: Enough
Content Note: Death by gun violence, death by medical neglect, COVID-19
mumblings from an autistic fairy 