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Recommended Reading for November 17, 2010

By Anna on 17 November, 2010

Your friendly neighbourhood Anna is out of town at the moment. Please enjoy this recommended reading post from the future. Lindsay at Autist’s Corner: Doubly Deviant: On Being Queer and Autistic EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a very long, rambly autobiographical post about being bisexual and being autistic: it compares my experiences coming to terms with [...]

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged asperger syndrome, autism, blind, book review, CFP, disabled students, high functioning, higher education, labels, personal assistance services, queer, students

Action Alert: United States: Support The Keeping All Students Safe Act

By s.e. smith on 15 October, 2010

On September 29th, 2010, Senators Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to establish federal minimum standards to limit the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. The Keeping All Students Safe Act (S. 3895) is the Senate companion to H.R. 4247, passed with overwhelming support by the House of Representatives on [...]

Posted in signal boost | Tagged action alert, disabled students, legislation, restraint, seclusion, Senate, United States

Today in Journalism: You Used the Wrong Lede

By s.e. smith on 13 October, 2010

In Houston, an autistic student is being denied accommodations and his parents took the school district to court to fight. However, they ran out of money and were forced to drop the suit. The student, Chapuka Chibuogwu, remains at home, not receiving an education, because his parents didn’t have the financial clout to pursue his [...]

Posted in media and pop culture, othering, policy | Tagged advocacy, autism, disabled students, education, journalism, lawsuits

Dear Imprudence: Creating Space, Retaining Support

By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2010

A recent Ask Amy column featured a letter from a college student with a common problem; parents who want to exert a high level of control. Here in the US, school’s been in session for a little over a month now, and the winter is coming on, and I suspect that the number of students [...]

Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, depression, disabled students, education, family dynamics

Recommended Reading for Thursday, 29 July 2010

By s.e. smith on 29 July, 2010

Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessible media, ADA, autism, autistic students, blind, bodies, collaborative notetaking, cripface, Deaf, disabled actors, disabled students, disabled youth, education, filmmaking, hearing loss, representations

Bad Behaviour: Disabled Students and Discipline Disparities

By s.e. smith on 24 June, 2010

I wrote recently here about the abuse of autistic students in Pennsylvania, and highlighted the fact that abusive ‘discipline’ is distressingly common for disabled students. In the interests of writing a post that for once does not need a content warning, I’m going to refrain from providing details of the kinds of actions that are [...]

Posted in events | Tagged disabled students, education

Recommended Reading for Wednesday, 23 June 2010

By s.e. smith on 23 June, 2010

Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged art, creative work, disabled actors, disabled students, education, mental health, Sign, signal boost

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