May 2010 - The Joy of Autism - The Network of Care

What is Healing?

We talk a lot about healing in our day. “Healing autism” is the idea that we can get rid of it rather than letting it be. In this video from York Institute for Health Research, Holly Small discusses how dance enables healing by re-integrating...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 7:22 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Art, Acceptance

Interview with Paul Collins and Jennifer Elder

This is an interview with Paul Collins, author of Not Even Wrong: Adventures of Autism and Jennifer Elder. While we might shy away from citing autism as a “mystery” in that the term can alienate and separate autistic individuals from “other...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 7:48 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: autism

Put The Autism Hub Back Online

I am really disappointed that the Autism Hub is on “hiatus.” A lot of people were referred to the Hub around the world and it is an extremely important gathering of blogs in support of autistic people. I remember when the Hub was started in...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 11:47 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Contributions to Society, autism, Autistic Self Advocacy, Advocacy

How To Argue

I’m not an expert in “how to argue,” but I’m learning. It’s never to late to learn and improve, particularly when it comes to an advancement of how we discuss the plethora of views concerning autism. What is largely missing...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 6:33 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Advocacy

Why Disability Art is Just As Important As Any Other Kind

I have one big wish. It is for the use of public media (YouTube and the like) for the production of accessible art and video installation work. I am posting a few videos here to consider. Not only is Disability Art is as important as any “other”...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 8:01 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Art

The Sound of the Alphabet

Adam isn’t the only one who has a fascination for letters. Before Adam, I’ve been very caught up in them and have chosen works of art that play with them — Cy Twombly among many others. I find this video particularly lovely by Paul Lansky...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 6:23 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Art

Why Is Autism A “Crime?”

What do Michel Foucault, who taught at the Collège de France and Edward Scissorhands have in common? What do they both teach us in relation to how people with cognitive differences are treated by the legal system? Foucault’s lectures from 1974-1975...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 7:12 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Law

Adam’s Favorite Song

For over a month now, Adam sings this song a lot to me. It’s so ironic, isn’t it? My “little guy,” as he now calls himself, is beginning to talk more, is in to show-and-tell, and even playing the “teacher” — asking...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 10:43 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam

The Age-Old Idea of Multiple Intelligences

“The story people tell about you (and the one you tell about yourself in the way you act) may be broadcasting one of your weaknesses louder than you deserve. We often fail to hire or trust or work with someone merely because one of their attributes...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 4:00 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Intelligence, autism

Miraculous or Naive?

It is said that one should write something that they would like to read. In those early autism years, as I was in that period of coalescing my arguments and thoughts about autism, I have enjoyed writing about Adam, motherhood, and our “journey.”...

Published Mon, May 24 2010 8:59 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Autism and Learning, Autism and The Media, Development, Writing, Art, Autism and Intelligence, Acceptance, Joy, communication, Advocacy, Parenting, Politics

Visualcy

The nice thing about art is that it is a language without words. It’s why I believe strongly that it is an important (not nice and trite, isn’t-the-Autie-a-genius) approach to appreciating not only how autistic people may see and develop,...

Published Sun, May 16 2010 7:35 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Learning, Development, Autism and Intelligence, communication

What Do Autism Mom’s Need On Mother’s Day?

I was doing a little mother’s day research this evening. When I saw Sophie, I was really happy. I was happy because I know Adam thanks me for all of these things that I do every day and I do not need him to say it just because it’s Mother’s...

Published Sat, May 08 2010 7:08 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Family, Acceptance

Autistic Cognitive Strengths and The New Economy

Autistic Cognitive Strengths in the New Economy

Thanks to this blog for posting this video: Read More...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 6:04 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Employment, Contributions to Society, autism

The Meaning of Sound

We naturally wish to describe and understand a perception that seems foreign to many of us. As a parent to an autistic person this means a lot to me — attempting to understand Adam’s perception. Autism “experts” write prolifically...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 7:23 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Sensory Differences

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