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Who Should Speak For The Disability Community? – Think Inclusive

2016-11-10T10:11:37-05:00By Emily Ladau|Categories: Advocacy, Author, blog, Disability Rights, Emily Ladau, General, Parenting|Tags: advocacy, advocate-allies, all disabilities, Allies, cross disability, Disability, disability rights, Emily Ladau|

In a recent post for Think Inclusive, self-advocate Emily Ladau

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Hopes

2016-11-10T10:11:38-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, General, Search Categories|Tags: activism, advocacy, all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, civil rights, cross disability, disability rights, Emma, Emma's Hope Book, Henry Frost, human rights, I STAND WITH HENRY, non-speaking, Rob Gross, typing|

I might be too optimistic for the reality, but I need HOPE to be able to keep demanding the rights taken away from me, just because I am me.

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Inclusion, Communication and Civil Rights

2016-11-10T10:11:41-05:00By Henry Frost|Categories: AAC, Accommodations, Advocacy, Advocacy, Author, Autism, blog, Cross Disability, Disability Rights, General, Henry, Henry Frost, Inclusion, Inclusion Videos, Inclusive Education, Inclusive Education, Neurodiversity, Videos|Tags: 8th Largest School District, activism, activist, all disabilities, Ari Ne'eman, ASAN, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, civil rights, cross disability, Disability, disability rights, Disability Rights Movement, Emily Titon, Henry Frost, Hillsborough County, human rights, inclusion, inclusive education, IStandw, ISTANDWITHHENRY, Larry Bissonette, Lydia Brown, National Center on Inclusive Education's Summer Institute, NCIE, Tampa, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Tracy Thresher, Wretches & Jabberers, youth leaders|

"Learning is easy when the teacher knows you can learn. " Henry Frost

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I am a person.

I am a person.

2016-11-10T10:11:43-05:00By Henry Frost|Categories: AAC, Advocacy, Author, Autism, blog, Communication, Cross Disability, General, Henry, Henry Frost, Inclusion|Tags: all disabilities, autism, civil rights, cross disability, disability rights, Henry Frost, ISTANDWITHHENRY|

Ask me. Don't prompt me. Talk to me. Don't prompt

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Thank You, Ed Roberts

Thank You, Ed Roberts

2016-11-10T10:11:46-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: Advocacy, Advocacy In Action, Author, blog, Cross Disability, Disability Rights, Disability Rights Leaders, Editor's Picks, General, Inclusion, Inclusion Videos, Lauri Swann Hunt, Ollibean Thought Leaders, Politics, Think Tank, Video, Videos|Tags: all disabilities, civil rights, cross disability, Disability, disability rights, disability rights leader, Disability Rights Movement, Ed Roberts, Free Wheeling, history, Independent Living Movement, video|

"And we’re going to develop leadership, that has a fundamental difference and that is, it's inclusive . It believes in people, and in our strengths together . And we are going to change our society. " Ed Roberts

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ADAPT

2016-11-10T10:11:47-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Advocacy Resources, General, Politics, Resources, Resources We Love|Tags: ADAPT, ADAPT Youth Summit, all disabilities, civil rights, cross disability, disability resource, disability rights|

ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists

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America, the CPRD, and the Global Plight of Disabled Children

2016-11-10T10:11:49-05:00By Sarah Levis|Categories: Advocacy, Author, blog, Cross Disability, Disability Rights, General, Politics, Sarah Levis|Tags: all disabilities, cross disability, CRPD, disability rights, politics, Rick Santorum, Sarah Levis, The State of the World's Children, United Nations|

A new United Nations report, "The State of the World's

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I Feel Tired

2016-11-10T10:11:56-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, Disability Rights, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General, Parenting, Think Tank|Tags: ableism, all disabilities, Amy Lutz, Amy Sequenzia, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, cerebral palsy, cross disability, developmental disabilities, disability rights, ECT, Neurodiversity, parenting, respect, Slate|

Some parents understand that autism is a natural part of some children’s lives and they fight the societal attitudes toward autistics. That’s love. Some parents don’t, and they fight, and hurt, their own children. This is not love and is one of the things that make me very tired.

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Worth Repeating: Ed Roberts’ 504 Sit-In Victory Rally Speech

2016-11-10T10:11:59-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Advocacy In Action, Cross Disability, Disability Rights, Disability Rights Leaders, Ollibean Thought Leaders, Think Tank|Tags: 504, 504 Sit In, disability rights, Disability Rights Movement, Ed Roberts|

Editors' Note: Following is the text of a speech by

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Stephen Kuusisto: Responding to Euthanasia of Deaf Blind Twins in Belgium

2016-09-19T13:03:22-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Ableism, Articles, Cross Disability, Disability Rights, General, Medical|Tags: Belgium, blind, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, disability rights, disability rights leader, euthanasia, Planet of the Blind, Stephen Kuusisto|

The National Association of the Deaf and the American Association

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When Autistics Grade Other Autistics

2016-11-10T10:11:59-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, Disability Rights, Featured (Homepage), General, Parenting, Think Tank|Tags: advocacy, all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, autistics, cross disability, disability rights, functioning labels, high-functioning, low-functioning, Neurodiversity, self-advocacy, Temple Grandin|

“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree…”We know how functioning labels are not helpful, despite being largely used by neurotypicals. But some autistics also grade members of our community and I want to understand why.

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I Am Autistic and I Know What Autism Is

2016-11-10T10:12:00-05:00By Amy Sequenzia|Categories: Advocacy, Amy Sequenzia, Author, blog, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General|Tags: all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autistic, cross disability, disability rights, respect, self-advocacy, self-advocate|

Autism is not a set of deficits. Autism is complex and all of us can self-advocate despite the difficulties we might face. Autism is life. I am Autistic, I self-advocate and I am happy.

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Letter from National Council on Disability (NCD) to the President Following Newtown Tragedy

2012-12-23T22:01:59-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, General, Politics|Tags: all, all disabilities, all disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, disability rights, down syndrome, hearing impairment, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, National Council on Disability, Newtown shootings, rare or undiagnosed disorders, Sandy Hook, spinal muscular atrophy|

December 20, 2012 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania

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UNH IOD Standing With Henry

2016-11-10T10:12:02-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, blog, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General|Tags: advocacy, autism, autism summer institute, autistic, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, civil rights, disability rights, Henry, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, inclusion, Mary Schuh, self-advocate, Tampa, UNH/IOD, Wretches & Jabberers|

But after watching Wretches and Jabberers, a film about autism and self-advocacy, Henry’s way of interacting with the world changed radically. He realized that he had a voice, could use it, and had a right to participate in discussions about his education and life.

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Henry Frost on Inclusion on the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Henry Frost on Inclusion on the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

2017-01-16T10:19:50-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: Advocacy, blog, General, Inclusive Education|Tags: advocacy, all disabilities, Ari Ne'eman, Autism Spectrum Disorders, autism summer institute, autistic, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, civil rights, disability rights, Henry, Henry Frost, I STAND WITH HENRY, inclusion, presume competence, self-advocate, Tampa|

Henry wrote about inclusion for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network,

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National Council on Disability (NCD) Releases Report on Rights of Parents with Disabilities & Their Children

2012-12-15T23:20:21-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, General, Politics|Tags: all disabilities, all disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, disability rights, down syndrome, hearing impairment, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

WASHINGTON, DC -- On Thursday, September 27, the National Council

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My Civil Rights

2016-11-10T10:12:06-05:00By Henry Frost|Categories: Advocacy, Author, blog, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General, Henry, Henry Frost, Inclusive Education|Tags: advocacy, all disabilitiies, autism spectrum dsorders, autistic, cerebral palsy, civil rights, communication, cross disability, Disability, disability rights, Henry Frost, Hillsborough County School District, human rights, I STAND WITH HENRY, IDEA, IEP, inclusion, inclusive education, ISTANDWITHHENRY, Martin Luther King, self-advocate, typing|

Inclusion, Martin Luther King, Jr, The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and education.

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National Federation of the Blind Applauds National Council on Disability Report

2012-12-15T23:44:13-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, General, Politics|Tags: all, all disabilities, all disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, disability rights, down syndrome, hearing impairment, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the

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National Council on Disability (NCD) Honors Life of Justin Dart

2012-06-23T10:56:44-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, General, Politics|Tags: all disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, disability rights, down syndrome, hearing impairment, Justin Dart, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

Listen to the heart of this old soldier. As with

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Autistic Hoya: End the torture. Make this go viral.

2016-11-10T10:12:13-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, General, Politics, Uncategorized|Tags: abuse, all disabilities, Andre McCollins, autisic, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autistic Hoya, aversives, disability rights, human rights, JRC, judge rotenberg center, level III aversives, Lydia Brown, restrain and seclusion, shock aversive therapy, torture|

The public must see what the Judge Rotenberg Center is doing. Their experts claimed that the public would not understand the content of this video without "proper context." There is no context that justifies the use of torture against anybody ever. The public has not merely a right but a responsibility to watch this video and share it everywhere.

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