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I attended the @CalSCDD Meeting in Sacramento yesterday to offer public comment on the Paid Internship Program (PIP). While there, the SCDD Executive Director & @MicaelaConnery (@TheKelseyMore) offered a beautiful narrative on why society has moved away from institutionalization. 
Both talked about how loving intent from citizens drove California to create institutions for developmentally disabled people 170 years ago. However, both also discussed how increased understanding of disability helped California realize the harm that institutionalization brings.
Where institutionalization of developmentally disabled people was once the norm in California, in the last decade the state has undertaken an effort to close its institutions and support institutionalized residents as they are returned to integrated community living.
No more excuses.
If an autistic child can lead the world, autistic people can lead the autism groups which purport to be about us. This is basic human dignity. To exclude us, or tokenize us, is to be complicit in our marginalization.
GretaThunberg named @TIME #PersonOfTheYear
If an autistic child can lead the world, autistic people can lead the autism groups which purport to be about us. This is basic human dignity. To exclude us, or tokenize us, is to be complicit in our marginalization.
GretaThunberg named @TIME #PersonOfTheYear
This goes for every #AutismAtWork program which fails to employ autistic people in its leadership. It goes for every autism service provider. It goes for every therapy, curriculum, or conference developed about us.
When we say #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs, we mean NOTHING.
When we say #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs, we mean NOTHING.
Lest y’all think this is an angry tweet, it’s not. It’s one full of hope, optimism, dignity, and no longer taking any sh*t.
Let’s do this.
Let’s do this.
Why didn’t #AutismAtWork companies show up at the #ASANGala the next night in the same town (apart from @Microsoft)?
By the way, that wasn’t some sort of dig. It’s a question that companies should sincerely ask themselves.
I’ve found most companies think of autistics as simply individuals. We’re also community. We’re culture. To find success, companies must connect with the autistic community.
I’ve found most companies think of autistics as simply individuals. We’re also community. We’re culture. To find success, companies must connect with the autistic community.
And to connect w/ the autistic community, they must connect with autistic communities. We’re not a monolith. We’re not all white men. There is vibrant black autistic culture, queer autistic culture, Deaf/HH autistic culture, groups of autistic scientists, autistic academics, etc.
