Advocacy

Election Day: A form of Advocacy

November 2, 2010

Today was an Election Day in the United States. Many local, state and national level positions were up for grabs – although not the office of the President. However voting is a very important form of advocacy

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Communication Shutdown Day – Did You Participate

November 1, 2010

As many of you know today is the ‘Communication Shutdown Day’.

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I Won’t Be Participating In Autism Shutdown Day

October 31, 2010

AspieWeb and many others with Autism will not participate in the shutdown day online, which asks people to not blog, tweet, or even log on to facebook to support and raise awareness of those with Autism.

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Why People With Autism Don’t Support Autism Speaks

October 24, 2010

People often ask me why people with Autism do not support Autism Speaks… this video from a protest of Autism Speaks shows why people with Autism don’t support them in a very clear cut manner.

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Too Disabled To Fly?

October 14, 2010

While this is not an Autism Advocacy issue its a disability advocacy issue. A local self advocate was traveling to a self advocate conference and was told by the air line he has to disembark from the plane as he was too disabled to fly

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