Age Privilege: Looking at Ageism & Childism
What is ageism and childism? Learn more on how age can be a privilege or a disadvantage and how this changes across the lifespan.
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Ableism
Ableism is a method of oppression that targets disabled and neurodivergent people. Fighting ableism may look like expanding accessibility, providing accommodations, and believing/validating hidden disabilities.
Wheel of Privilege and Power
The wheel of privilege can help you visualize the spectrum of power, identity erasure, and marginalized communities to explore intersectionality.
Let’s Look at Bluey & Why Representation Matters in Kids’ Shows
Criticism about diversity on the Australian cartoon, Bluey, had a lot of backlash and I’m here to tell you why diverse representation is still needed.
Why Mainstream Sex Education Doesn’t Work for Neurodivergent People
Learn why I think mainstream sex-education doesn’t work for anyone, especially neurodivergent people like intellectually disabled, autistic, and ADHD kids.
Atkins Mocha Latte Shake Recipe Changed: An Autistic’s Worst Nightmare
An open letter to Atkins on how their new recipe for the Mocha Latte Shake recipe affected an autistic adult.
Functioning Labels and Autism
Learn more about functioning labels, why they’re unhelpful and harmful, and what to use instead when discussing autism.
Asperger’s Syndrome: A Brief History Lesson
Learn more about Asperger’s Syndrome why this outdated term should stop being used to describe autistic people.
How Autistic People are Marginalized
Understand how and why members of the autistic community are marginalized both historically and currently.
Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA): Ban Shock Treatment
Support Keeping All Students Safe (KASSA) by Stopping the Shock! FDA’s ban on a dangerous electric shock device was overturned by angry parents and therapists.
Interview with Dr. Ole Ivar Løvaas about Autistic Children (1974)
Ole Ivar Lovaas, the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is interviewed about his dehumanizing perspective of autistic people that led to his abusive and torturous methods to force compliance in his autism treatment.
The Founding of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Learn about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and its founder, Ole Ivar Lovaas, and his early tests on autistic children at UCLA.
Planned Ignoring is Actually Emotional Abuse
Planned Ignoring, or attention extinction, is an abusive technique recommended by Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for autism treatment.
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