Content Notices: filicide, murder, functioning labels, Disability Day of Mourning.
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The Presumption of Competence
Content Note: discussions of abuse, denial of communication, functioning “levels”
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in memory of Mel Baggs, 1980-2020, autistic self-advocate, teacher, friend, and unapologetic defender of human rights and the undeniable dignity of all people.
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Content Notice: mentions of ABA, abuse by therapists and health professionals, minimizing of abuse and hurt, “not all [insert group here]” excuses
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Content Note: Death by gun violence, death by medical neglect, COVID-19
That Post About Biological Sex
Content Notice: discussion of bodies, genitals, surgery; anti-transgender and anti-intersex bigotry; biologic essentialism
Save/Safe Student Newsrooms
April 25th is Save Student Newsrooms day. In the words of the movement’s own website, Save Student newsrooms is “[a] campaign to educate people about the challenges facing student-run newsrooms,” especially challenges around funding and editorial independence.
The first time I heard about Save Student Newsrooms, it was in a spoken announcement from one of the managing editors of the paper I work at, urging all of us to write an editorial about it. I did not hear the announcement correctly. I heard that it was a movement around “safe student newsrooms” and, in my infinite wisdom and auditory processing issues, almost wrote an editorial about it. I didn’t end up writing the editorial because I learned that it was “Save Student Newsrooms,” but I kept thinking about the issue.
It’s the end of April again. This is that editorial.
hometown (an indictment of sunnyvale)
content notice: death, murder, filicide, death of disabled people, death of children, gun violence, Fire, suicide, ableism, ABA, murders of George Hodgins, Tracy Latimer, and Daniel Corby.
Notes on Language Around Autism
Content warning: functioning labels, discussion of person-first/identity-first language.
Medical Autonomy, Social Determination, and Self-Advocacy
Content notice: institutionalization, deprival of rights, psychiatric violence, sexual harassment/assault, medical malpractice, involuntary treatment, guardianship, functioning labels, and a description of lobotomy.
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mumblings from an autistic fairy 