June 2012
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Thoughts.
codeman38:
sherlocksflataffect:
malraiplayswow:
sherlocksflataffect:
Thoughts on taking autism back below the read more. They’re kind of disorganized, working from what I know about Autism$peaks, what I know about generating internet attention, & random things that have been filtering through my head.
I’ll probably be filing any thoughts I have under “Let’s start a social media crisis...
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Another Killed →
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Be sure to comment on the change in CMS... →
Here is information on it from ASAN.
Colorado is on fire.
angrytranschick:
ne0geisha:
PLEASE REBLOG IF YOU CAN.
No joke. Its getting horrific…started with the High Park Fire, then a couple days ago the Waldo Canyon Fire flared up, and today, thanks to lightning and pine beetle kill, three new fires sparked in Boulder. And these are just the really bad ones along along the front range.
My friends have been evacuated from their home in Woodland Park,...
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Start A Conversation
diversityourstrength:
Autism Speaks has done their best to make autism into a faceless monster. They’ve done all they can to dehumanize us, and the best course of action is to prove them wrong. Show the people who you are, dispel the lies, and start a dialogue. Eventually they will not be able to ignore the voices they have tried to silence. Be yourself, don’t let them change you. Do what you do...
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Safe Spaces
Diversity is healthy, but people sometimes need others like themselves. This is especially true of minorities whose members have common problems. Such settings generate advice and mutual support that is beneficial to those who use them. Outsiders are sometimes invited to listen and learn. Their voices should never predominate. This is not a complex concept. People with similar struggles have...
fourloves:
Writing this in a rush because I’m trying to get myself fed and watered before work, but this is really important and the deadline for public comment is Monday so if you could reblog it around and write in if you have experience/knowledge with these issues, it would be pretty helpful to disabled people who are on Medicaid.
Medicaid Program: state plan for home and community-based...
Action Alert: Hearing Person Exploiting ASL for... →
arfism:
Some of you may have heard of Dirty Signs with Kristin. A youtube channel where a hearing person (who seems to have never studied ASL) is showing how to sign dirty phrases in ASL. However, it’s not even grammatically correct, some of the vocabulary is wrong, and some of the phrases are completely sexist & racist. She just announced that she has gotten signed to publish a book. This...
Someone called me a nigger and poured alcohol on... →
agirlincollege:
On January 27, 2011 at a bar in Statesboro, GA I was called a nigger and had alcohol poured on my head. A complete stranger said, “Oh look, there goes another nigger.” and then minutes later there was alcohol on my head, down my shirt, my back. I did the right thing: I walked away. I refused to become who and what that stranger wanted me to be. When I turned around, I didn’t see...
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Momentum
Once, if, EWA is gone, what should we do? I spent the weekend contemplating momentum. There are more possibilities than guarding a narrow stretch of Internet. Every time the tags explode, I see potential that often goes unharnessed. What would it take to rally part of this group around a plan?
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Five years ago tonight, my mother handed a mysterious stranger a stack of hundred dollar bills. We may or may not have ever known his surname. It got me the long-vanished bill of sale for what was already loaded in a waiting car. Little in the intervening period went according to plan. Nothing I expected then to be doing now happened. I still love that tuba. Something worked.
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sooooooooooo..
life-of-an-accepted-reject:
I made a blog about my little brother. Go follow it. He’s funny.
essenceofcameron.tumblr.com
Does he like this? Does he want this? Be careful with his privacy.
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For Tumblr vets who've seen things like this...
markleberry:
What are the chances of the allistic mini-invasion of actuallyautistic just blowing over without it becoming a widespread thing?
It depends on how annoyed he is. The reason the vets are freaking out is that we know him. He made a nuisance of himself for a month once. He is a mid-thirties petulant brat, so the ruckus may encourage him. I like it that the tags explode. I got...
CIS WOMEN AGAINST CATHY BRENNAN
femmesandfamily:
reblog if you stand in solidarity with our trans* community members, and stand AGAINST CB
battleforabetterbody-deactivate asked: Generally when I share my opinion it never goes over well. And right now I'm having to patch that up. I'm sorry I offended you. I was not trying to be "cool". Like I said and you said no one takes my thought on it seriously. I wasn't even shitting on universal health care. I think if health care was given to those who did not have genetic disabilities (and thats what I...
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psilent-as-in-cjelli:
Does anyone have any advice for someone (hint: me) trying to find a good way to find out if they have Asperger’s?
My mom has a friend who teaches autistic preschoolers, and she suggested finding a neurologist through Autism Speaks, but I know there are… problems… with that organization. If I have Asperger’s, I don’t really want to “treat” it. I just want to know if I have...
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It Won
I tried to sit in with a Celtic and old time group at a local bar. Their leader invited me when he saw me playing on the street. I was doing something outlandish with sixteenth note that would register above the bass clef staff if they would submit to the printed page. I looked competent. It sounded like it would be fun.
When I arrived, I found no sheet music, no chord charts for many songs,...
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I hate people that e-diagnose themselves with...
nazrin629:
Aspergers syndome/high functioning autism is very real, and while there is lots of debate among experts and researchers on whether it’s more related to a form of Autism or a form of Schizophrenia, most of these e-diagnosing assmonkeys have managed to just make the whole disorder look like a huge fucking joke, at the expense and embarrassment of real Asperger’s patients who are now...
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When you say "I don't support Obamacare" --...
th3skinny:
risaellen:
starvedforjustice:
missgingerlee:
wheeliewifee:
Cosigned.
This.
jkofdshgfdjghdfkl IT’S NOT OBAMACARE. IT’S UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. We don’t call Medicare “Johnsoncare.” The term “Obamacare” is a bullshit phrase that conservatives started using to subliminally associate their bashing of the healthcare proposal with the president’s name.
It’s called Universal...
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beckyblack:
a short post
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Labeling is not for everyone. Some people who end up diagnosed HFA/Asperger’s are probably better off without help. I would have been. Nothing anyone could do for me outweighed the harm stigma and prejudice did. There are some therapies that might help. Much of it would be directed at making him more ‘normal.’ I do not know enough...
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Putting this out to my followers...
transgalacticwanderer:
Can any of y’all recommend solid resources/info for aspergers? I’ve been scavanging the net looking for stuff because what little I have found connects to my life in a very profound way and I’m just trying to get a deeper look into it.
My life has been a shitstorm in every possible sense of the word, and having a neurological atypicality like aspergers would both give me...
Re: 15 year old trans* person needs help.
yousillyqueer:
queernonymoose:
Hey Y’all, I am Dan and as you know Cathy Brennan has been on a backpeddling rampage lately. Most recently, a 15 year old trans* dfab [he/his pronouns] has become the brunt of her abuse. Basically, in her classic MO, Cathy emailed the school he attends and they had a parent-teacher conference, which ultimately outted them about being trans*.
They are in a sticky...
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Anonymous asked: I saw your reblog asking if their friend had Asperger's. I would never post on my Tumblr like that, but as you said stop diagnosing people I'm worried I've been a bad friend as I've discussed with a couple of people whether my friend may have it. Is that really bad? I don't make a habit of it, I've just been curious as at times I struggle to understand her & felt...
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Does my friend have "mild" Asperger's syndrome?
takineko:
I hope he doesn’t mind me asking the internet lol, I’m just super curious. Normally he’s just mildly OCD and nervous, but today he said he woke up and his mind was constantly racing. He was in a good mood, but acting a bit different than normal when we had lunch together. I feel bad posting this because I think he was self conscious about it, but I just think it’s interesting. I’m sure...
codeman38’s tumblings: feliscorvus: codeman38: I... →
feliscorvus:
codeman38:
I am seriously considering starting a Tumblr dedicated to the frequent use of the “Lobster” font around the greater Boston area.
Because, seriously? The puns, they write themselves.
I haven’t been to Boston in years so I don’t know exactly what you mean…
Why did they name a font after lobsters?
(tw: ableism) Hate crimes against disabled people... →
magickal-autistic-cat:
teaandtheatre:
‘Anti-scrounger’ rhetoric blamed for doubling of offences since 2008 financial crisis
what the fuck
“But ableism doesn’t exiiiiist!”
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narwhaldragon:
I just found the word “allism” and decided to look it up.
And I found a page labelled “Allism Speaks” (similar to Autism Speaks, which apparently a really horrible organization, but that is not relevant at this time) which had the tagline “Exploring a world where autism is the norm and allism is a stigmatized disorder”.
From what I can tell by an article explaining the...
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About Autism Speaks' new president →
allies-person:
Some very interesting preliminary information.
Her views on autism may not yet be clear, but her general politics are, and it’s one more reason not to support Autism Speaks.
Political conservatism has no place in any organization claiming to “help” people with disabilities.
Someone commenting on Ari Neeman’s mention of it on Facebook linked allegations that she...
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Grandfather's Thoughts To On-line Youngsters... -...
senior1938voice:
Blogging is something new to me. Coming on this scene just shortly before my seventy-fourth birthday has been interesting if not very rewarding. Woke up this morning thinking;
Are seniors’ ignored on-line?
Where are they?
Is there any dialogue exchange between on-line youngsters and seniors?
Raise or suggest the issues and see—
Five questions but you may submit your...
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I'm pissed the fuck off.
pale-black-eye:
TW: Ableism
I just read this. Basically the whole article is about how autistic ‘children’ burden everyone’s lives and how it would be better if many of our lives had been, ”a life unlived,” (don’t you just love how they sweeten it up instead of saying that things would be better if we were never born?).
It is disgusting. That is apparently the British equivalent of FOX,...
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Why Passing Isn't Always a Privilege
getin2myhead21:
Privilege. Having some aspect of a mainstream societally accepted group. We hear about it all the time, especially in the disability community. In the most simplest of explanations for the context of this post- it means that even though you have a disability you can pass as not having a disability or “like most of society” “typical” or as much as the term makes me gag for...
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To all my musicians out there who think that...
anenigmavariation:
My boyfriend’s bringing his tuba to my house
so we can play flute and tuba duets.
Yes, we are gangster.
Mom and I have done that. She plays flute. It gets weirder. My neighborhood in Blowing Rock, North Carolina always puts a float in the Independence Day parade. There is one more flautist in the neighborhood. We cobble together trios for two flutes and a tuba.
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Does anyone know a Freckledbuzzkill or why their...
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How Autism Charities Can Help
This was for a collaboration that fell through. I thought it should see daylight. Here it is:
Invest in the present. Whether or not a cure is one’s goal, recognize need here and now. Keep the use of resources balanced. Spend at least half of the operations budget on practical measures likely to improve autistic people’s lives within the decade.
Help the public schools. Poor...
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Wrong
My call time is seven tomorrow morning. That hour should not exist.
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That's not a glow, it's sweat. You don't play the...
the13thchair:
- The 13th Chair
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drownunderwater:
can somebody explain to me what aspie supremacism is?
heard abot this a while ago but never really understood what it actually means.
It is the attitude that the Asperger’s/HFA crowd is superior to everyone else. In its most extreme iterations, it calls us the next phase in evolution, allistic people childlike, irrational beings doomed to extinction and individuals...
ombrophilia:
What exactly is Obamacare and what does it change?
deliciouskaek:
abaldwin360:
big thanks to reddit user CaspianX2 for typing all this out!
What people call “Obamacare” is actually the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. However, people were calling it “Obamacare” before everyone even hammered out what it would be. It’s a term mostly used by people who don’t like the...
luckstoblame:
Sooo…who else is voting for Obama and hasn’t told their parents…
I have a grandmother who voted for Obama and has not told two out of three of her children.
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Idea
mellopetitone:
iamthethunder:
I want to get autistic people together over food in a calm, non-judgmental environment. Those that felt like speaking could discuss daily life, trivialities, or the impact of Atlanta’s public transportation issues on the disability community and what to do about it. I need to reserve meeting space in Alston this coming fall.
That could be cool.
I think so,...
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A friend of mine gets booted out of Downtown... →
stfuconservatives:
glossylalia:
panasonicyouth:
jason-peeta-todd:
onemanswords:
This story has been making the rounds in Triangle-based social media. It’s popped up on my Facebook feed a handful of times already, but I’ve yet to see it on Twitter; I figured I’d remedy that.
SO GUYS, THIS PLACE TOTALLY HAS A FACEBOOK AND I’M PRETTY SURE WE COULD TUMBLR BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF IT.
oh my...
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Idea
I want to get autistic people together over food in a calm, non-judgmental environment. Those that felt like speaking could discuss daily life, trivialities, or the impact of Atlanta’s public transportation issues on the disability community and what to do about it. I need to reserve meeting space in Alston this coming fall.
