Institute on Disability Seeks Artists for 2015 Calendar
Are you an artist looking for an opportunity to get your work noticed? Do you know someone who is an artist and might be interested in such an opportunity?
For the past 15 years, the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has produced a calendar featuring 13 original works of art. These highly anticipated calendars are distributed each year a few thousand people around the world connected to the IOD. The IOD is currently inviting artists to submit artwork to be considered for its 2015 Calendar.
This year, we are looking for artwork submissions which reflect the IOD’s vision of a future where all...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - July 20, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Call for Resumes: Freddie Mac Seeking Autistic Interns
Freddie Mac, a leading mortgage finance company, is partnering with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to fill three paid internship opportunities. The ASAN-Freddie Mac Internship Program is an opportunity for recent graduates and current students on the autism spectrum to gain work experience and enter the workforce of a leading American company committed to neurological diversity. These internships are full time paid positions. Successful candidates will need to relocate to the DC metro area for the 16 week internship period beginning in early September.
There are several internship positions available and applicants wil...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - July 9, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Institute on Disability Seeks Artists
Are you an artist looking for an opportunity to get your work noticed? Do you know someone who is an artist and might be interested in such an opportunity?
For the past 15 years, the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has produced a calendar featuring 13 original works of art. These highly anticipated calendars are distributed each year a few thousand people around the world connected to the IOD. The IOD is currently inviting artists to submit artwork to be considered for its 2015 Calendar.
This year, we are looking for artwork submissions which reflect the IOD’s vision of a future where all...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - June 14, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
68 Things To Know About Children With Autism
One in 68 children is now identified with an autism spectrum disorder. However, the diagnosis means something different to each person and family affected by it. “If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism,” Stephen M. Shore, EdD once said. In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day and National Autism Awareness Month, we asked the HuffPost Parents community on Facebook to tells us what autism is — and what it is not — in their unique experiences. Here are their answers.
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Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - April 10, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Call for Papers
The University of Toronto’s Health History Group presents:
The Public’s Health: a symposium on public health histories.
March 6 – 7, 2015
We are pleased to announce a request for submissions on the topic “The Public’s Health.” This interdisciplinary conference will be of interest to anyone thinking about the history of public health from diverse, unique perspectives. The conference will take place on Friday March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the University of Toronto. Friday will be an academic day with a series of peer-reviewed sessions on the Public’s Health. Saturday will be a public day, with a se...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - April 7, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
James A. Gibson Library – Autism Collection
With the rise of instances of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) globally and the increase of awareness in the media and the research community, we see ASD as a collection focus with great potential. Specifically, what we wish to collect are the day to day records of those who live with or work with ASD. These records can be letters, diaries, photographs, reports, e-mails, blogs, research data, drawings, film and the like. We want to preserve the history of autism in North America.
Visit the Autism Collection at Brock University now!
We have received some great early support:
“I approve wholeheartedly of what you are doi...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - February 5, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Welcome To The Autistic Community
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is proud to announce Welcome to the Autistic Community, educational books which were co-written by ASAN’s communications team and the Autism NOW center and illustrated by Anabelle Listic.
Welcome to the Autistic Community introduces newly-diagnosed Autistic people to the community and answers common questions they might have, covering topics such as legal rights and identity.
Welcome to the Autistic Community is currently available in English. It can be found on the ASAN website in two versions, “Adolescent,” written at a sixth-grade reading level, and “Adult”, written in st...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - February 2, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Support Person Assistance Card
Effective January 1, 2014, a support person accompanying a person with a disability will not be required to pay a fare when travelling on the TTC. Customers with disabilities who travel with a support person on the TTC must apply for a TTC Support Person Assistance Card to be eligible for this fare exemption. A support person is someone who assists the card holder with communication, mobility, personal care/medical needs or with access to goods, services or facilities.
Upon payment of fare by or for the card holder, the Support Person Assistance Card permits one (1) support person to travel with the card holder on the TTC ...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - January 9, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Every1Games | Autism Friendly
Autism Friendly is a day of learning all about the diversity of the autism spectrum. If you’re autistic and are willing to share something of your experience, or just want to meet informally with other autistic individuals, come on along. If you have questions or can offer a perspective on what it means to be autistic, join us! Meet other autistics, autistic self-advocates, educators, students, support workers, and business owners to share perspectives and come to a better understanding of autism in our community in a judgment free zone.
On Saturday January 11, 2014 (10am – 4pm) meet autistic self-advocates, educator...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - January 7, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Action Alert!
ACTION ALERT
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL YOUR SENATORS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE TO RATIFY THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ( CRPD).
202-224-3121 or send an email at http://1.usa.gov/Senate
PLEASE CALL MONDAY IF YOU CAN. If you cannot, it’s OK to use email or call later in the week. Those who oppose the CRPD are pushing back hard. The treaty will come up for a hearing in November and the Senate needs to hear from you now! Call your Senators and ask them to support for and vote for the Convention! Protect all people with disabilities world-wide! It will also help greatly if you ca...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - November 7, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Call For Applications 2013-14 Sharon Wolfe Artist Residency
The Sharon Wolfe Artist In Residence program is intended to allow a disability-identified artist to undertake a project that advances their own artistic goals and practice, and which has the potential to benefit the wider community of artists with disabilities.
For the last 10 ten years, AAF has been presenting and promoting the work of exceptionally talented artists across the entire spectrum of disciplines. The Sharon Wolfe Artist In Residence program allows us to take this mandate a step further. Few artists have the luxury of devoting themselves completely to their practice; the vast majority must subsidize their work ...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - October 9, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
The Co-Production Of Autism In The Film, Wretches & Jabberers
THE CO-PRODUCTION OF AUTISM IN THE FILM,
WRETCHES & JABBERERS
By:
ESTÉE KLAR-WOLFOND
SUPERVISOR: NANCY VIVA DAVIS HALIFAX
ADVISOR: BETH HALLER
A Research Paper submitted to the Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts
Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies
York University
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Master of Arts
September, 2013.
Abstract:
This paper asks why the autistic subjects in the film, Wretches and Jabberers, feel they must prove their intelligence. I examine the words of the film’s subjects, Larry Bissonnette, Tracy...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - September 30, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking
is a collection of essays written by and for Autistic people. Spanning from the dawn of the Neurodiversity movement to the blog posts of today, Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking catalogues the experiences and ethos of the Autistic community and preserves both diverse personal experiences and the community’s foundational documents together side by side.
For more complete information on the book & it’s release:
Please Click Here
To purchase the book from Amazon, click on the book image: (Source: The Autism Acceptance Project)
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - September 18, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Tell us about living with a disability in disaster situations
Have your say!
If you’re a person with a disability or a caregiver, take the Survey and share your thoughts on living in disaster situations, so that we can better understand the needs of persons with disabilities and develop a viable and inclusive global disaster risk reduction plan.
Take The Survey Now
SHARE THESE SURVEY LANGUAGE VERSIONS WITH YOUR NETWORKS! (Source: The Autism Acceptance Project)
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - August 23, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
When does a hateful letter become a hate crime? An Open Letter-Post to the Begley’s
I returned home from Germany to find this story (the letter above) in my email box. How ironic. I had lived in Germany 26 years ago for school, and spent much of this trip marveling at the new Jewish museums, memorials and many new races living in Germany that did not do so to this extent when I lived there. Still, I didn’t get the sense that in cities such as Berlin, for instance, that these museums of hopefully-never-forgetting insures the security and citizenship rights for Jewish citizens or citizens of other races or disabilities. Work goes into protecting rights; they are not, sadly, given, and often impermanent. T...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - August 23, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
