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I published a #DisabilityDayofMourning article on @awnnetwork_'s blog today exploring the history of filicide of disabled people in folklore, and how that folklore still affects perceptions of autistic and disabled people today.

This thread explores the topics.
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My blog post uses Netflix's show "Fate: The Winx Saga" to provide a framework for how changeling myths are still culturally relevant today.

The show re-interprets the myth to promote acceptance, with a changeling being the hero of the show.

awnnetwork.org/neurodiversity…

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For centuries, folk beliefs led to disabled children being labeled as "changelings."

A "changeling" is a faery or enchanted object believed to have been left in place of a human child abducted by faeries.

Children labeled as changelings were routinely murdered.

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These are their names.

Gladys Ambert
Ruth Brown
Sirshen du Mallick
Ramdas Dahikar
Asma Akter
Damian Scott
Isabel Rosin
Kathy Erbeldig
Carolyn Walker
Louise Smith
Abigail Humes
10 year old girl
Umesh Balagi
76 year old woman
Alejandro Ripley
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Willow Dunn
Unknown elder woman
India Martin
6 year old girl
Waylon Mittens
28 year old woman
Apollo Harless
Avielle Harless
Esteban Harless
Penelope Harless
Billy Hopson
Kylie Mickens
Joshua Vallow
Sherrell Martin
Emi Yamamoto
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April Zavala
Kylie Larson
Fredererick Johnson
Nicole Jakubek
Diana Rosaly
Klara Wright
La'Marion Thamure
Ryu Sakayama
Sarah Curran
Thaddeus Sran
Dylan Freeman
Leslie Hartman
Donna Harber
Abhijit Rajak
Shanthi
Yoko Shinya
Nancy Arnold
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