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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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The National Center on Inclusive Education Summer Institute

2016-11-10T10:11:48-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Events, Inclusive Education|Tags: autism, Dan Habib, George Sugai, Henry Frost, inclusion, incusive education, ISTANDWITHHENRY, JoAnne Malloy. Cheryl Jorgensen, Lydia Brown, Mary Schuh, Michael McSheehan, National Center on Inclusive Education, National Center on Inclusive Education Summer Institute, NCIE, The Institute on Disability, The National Center on Inclusive Education Summer Institute|

Inclusive education conference with keynotes by Lydia Brown, George Sugai, Dan Habib, JoAnne Malloy. Cheryl Jorgensen, Michael McSheehan, Henry Frost and many more you will not want to miss!

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Autistic Hoya: Ordinary Lives

2013-05-22T10:47:05-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Advocacy, Articles, Editor's Picks, Featured (Homepage), General|Tags: ableism, all disabilities, ASD, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autistic Hoya, disability. disability rights, equality, inclusion, Lydia Brown|

When I demand equal access, equal opportunity, equal rights, I'm

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Breaking News from Autistic Hoya: The End of Torture at the JRC?

2016-11-10T10:11:56-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Advocacy, blog, Featured (Homepage), General, Politics|Tags: abuse, Activists, advocates, all disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autistic Hoya, aversives, GED shock devices, human rights, JRC, Lydia Brown, shock, shock treatment, The JRC, The Judge Rottenberg Center|

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick filed a motion to vacate (render null) the 1987 settlement agreement that has permitted the Judge Rotenberg Center to use aversives, including the notorious electric shock GED devices.

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Advice from Someone Who Has Been There

Advice from Someone Who Has Been There

2016-11-10T10:11:59-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: Ableism, Autism, blog, Cross Disability, General, Inclusion, Lauri Swann Hunt, Neurodiversity, Ollibean Family, Parenting, Parenting Newsletter|Tags: ableism, advocacy, Alan Reich, Amy Sequenzia, Anne McDonald, Ari Ne'eman, autism, AZ Chanpman, AZ Chapman, Bob Williams, Disability, disability rights activists, Emily Titon, Fred Faye, Freida Zames, Gaby Brimmer, Helen Keller, Ibby Anderson, inclusion, Jaime Burke, Justin Dart, Karla Fisher, Landon Bryce, Larry Bissonnette, Lydia Brown, Norm Kunc, parenting, Paula Durbin-Westby, Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg, Richard Attfield, self-advocacy, self-advocate, self-advocates, special needs, Stephen Kuusisto, Sue Rubin, Tracy Thresher, Veronica Navarro, Wretches & Jabberers|

I love Larry Bissonnette- artist and disability rights activist. If

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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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Autistic Student Advocates for Herself, Other Autistics

2012-03-19T08:38:59-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, General, Lifestyle|Tags: advocate, all disabilities, autism, autism spectrum dsorders, autistic, Georgetown, Lydia Brown, self-advocate|

“Because we see autism and other neurodevelopmental or neurological differences,

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