Autistics Speaking Day 2021

 Kat has posted Autistics Speaking Day 2021 on Katy Doesn’t Live In Smithton

CW: death mention, child abuse, dissociation, behaviouralism and psychiatric abuse, suicidal ideation, discussion of ableism throughout, hospitalization, guardianship mention, non-graphic mentions of sexual harassment and abuse.

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This Genderqueer Autistic is Speaking Out on Autistics Speaking Day

Kris has written This Genderqueer Autistic is Speaking Out on Autistics Speaking Day

trigger warning: ABA, suicide attempts, religion.

My name is Kristian Young, but you can call me Kris.  I’m a Black, genderqueer, asexual Autistic person.  Here’s my story.

I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified) when I was 3 years old.  From there, I was placed in a special education early childhood center and had to go through early intervention, which was a nightmare for me.  I was not allowed to hum or repeat phrases or do anything that made me uniquely me.  The “experts” made me feel like I was a weirdo for doing these things.

Reward and Consent

Dave Jersey submits the following posts on his blog Reward and Consent.



"Interview, essay: Anna Kosovskaya escapes the Judge Rotenberg Center of Applied Behavior Analysis electroshock "treatment/torture", her self-reported adventures with interviewer analysis.

Behavioral Ethics essay: My one day of electric shock was worse than 36 years of antipsychotics.
Advocacy motivation: Judge Rotenberg Center's Achilles' heel vulnerability is the truth about Applied Behavior Analysis' electroshock torture.

Trigger Warnings for Discussion of ABA, of the practices in the Judge Rotenberg Center, of electroshock, torture, and medications.

News report action alert: Association for Behavior Analysis International "approves" Judge Rotenberg (electroshock "treatment/torture") Center.

Dave Jersey posts "Original research: News report action alert: Association for Behavior Analysis International "approves" Judge Rotenberg (electroshock "treatment/torture") Center." originally posted on Reward and Consent.

Trigger/Content Warning for discussion on ABA and the Judge Rotenberg Center.





This information was published by ASAN about two days after Reward and Consent broke the news. The connection between ABAI and JRC was established by autism researcher Michelle Dawson many years earlier, but ABAI was denying any official approval of JRC. This is the first time this has been proven and exposed to the World Wide Web, the official approval of JRC by the biggest Applied Behavior Analysis organization in the world. JRC uses painful electric skin shock contingent upon non-compliance, classroom disruption, self-injury, and aggression, but JRC's own admission, to autistics and others with disabilities. I'm a proud schizophrenic blogger.

Thoughts On The Spectrum

Ultimate Oddball has submitted a YouTube channel and "Thoughts On The Spectrum" Playlist, specifically the video "My Life So Far".

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVUqh7VMzHYuAp4G1Qb1Vog 'Thoughts On The Spectrum' Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo87IJ5XFbKUNrqjdB0Z2VaRKN7b7aJDf Website: http://ultimateoddball.wix.com/home Video Transcripts: http://ultimateoddball.wix.com/home#!video-transcripts/uss92 Guide to Conversation: http://ultimateoddball.wix.com/home#!guide-to-making-conversation/fd2xh


Content Warning for Medical Issues and mental health.

Listen to the Silence

Autism Jabberwocky on ASDay.  I disagree with the opinions of the author, since he's using old data that doesn't represent the autism spectrum as it's understood today and we have several people attending who identify as being severely autistic--some even lack verbal skills to varying degrees.  (I have nonverbal episodes myself.)  A friend pointed out to me that the author does not recognize the difference between speaking and communicating, and I would be inclined to agree with that.  Nonverbal autistic people can often communicate very well with text-to-speech software, technology, and sign language.

But I think that it would be dishonest of me not to include a post just because I disagree with it.  I also agree that we need to do more to include people who are severely disabled in this community, but I don't think that denying their existence within this very movement is going to help matters.

People using alternate communication methods who are partially verbal or nonverbal may find this triggering, and those who are easily disturbed by hints that their disabilities are not real may find it triggering as well.

Think

(Trigger-warning: content includes a PSA video addressing bullying)

DIStherapy posted "Think", PSA created by her autistic son about bullying, located here.

Please watch the video through the link.