The Joy of Autism

Where I left off..let me say a few words

Hmmm, let me see, where do I need to begin again? I am in the mood to just tell you where I last left this blog off, between finishing my MRP, changing Adam’s school and off to the PhD races. I can already see where this will try to pull me in many...

Published Fri, Nov 08 2013 1:07 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Estee, communication

Director of Wretches & Jabberers At York University Tomorrow Night!

Hi everyone…sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but this is well-worth visiting at York University in Toronto tomorrow night: Narratives on Ability with Geradine Wurzberg, Director of the Film, Wretches & Jabberers November 7, 2013 4-6...

Published Wed, Nov 06 2013 6:04 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Studies, communication, Film

Tomorrow is Convocation Day

Tomorrow is convocation day for my Master of Arts in Critical Disability Studies in the department of Health Policy and Development at York University. It feels like a whirlwind as I had just finished my MRP and then launched into my first-year PhD study...

Published Tue, Oct 15 2013 10:12 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Academia, Accessibility

Universal Design & Making Spaces for All Bodies

I’m in Denver at the AutCOM conference, having posited the question of who gets to occupy space (and how)? At many autism-friendly conferences I attend, autistic people are permitted to get up, make noise, sleep under the table. How many times,...

Published Sat, Oct 12 2013 8:09 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Uncategorized, Universal Design

Foucault and Autism

In my work now on theory, I am sharing this wonderful lecture: A Critical Intro to Foucault. “The search for styles of existence as different as possible from one another appears to me one of the points on which contemporary research within particular...

Published Wed, Oct 09 2013 9:22 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Theory

The Co-Production of Autism in the film Wretches and Jabberers

Well, I finally posted my Master’s Research Paper that I completed in August and defended in September. You can read it here. Much more work will be going into this as I now pursue my PhD in Critical Disability Studies. I have to say, that a 65...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 7:56 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Studies, communication, autism, Autism History, Language, Critical Disability Theory, Film

Thesis, Birds and Naoki Higashida

I successfully defended my thesis on the film Wretches & Jabberers this week, a day before a bird-deluge on Adam. (I’ll post this thesis to my website later this week). It is my hope that we can all promote this self-advocacy film to be the...

Published Sat, Sep 07 2013 9:33 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, Book Reviews, Inspiration

Back to School 2013

It was back-to-school day. Adam started his new inclusive school today. It was not unfamiliar; he had been there two years ago. He had a great day and was typing very well. Adam was happy when I picked him up and was apparently glad to be back with the...

Published Tue, Sep 03 2013 3:18 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Acceptance, Joy, communication, school, Love, Identity

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 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...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 6:55 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Law, Human Rights

I Am In Here by Mark Utter

We met Mark this year; he was so sweet to Adam. Mark also wrote the script for this movie I Am In Here. Mark answered many questions after the filming of this, and Adam listened. Thank you everyone for your hard work. I believe we are getting to know...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2013 8:01 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, communication, Computing/iPad, Community

Bring a Friend to Camp Day

Here’s Adam with his buddy again. Inclusion and acceptance, not social or community isolation, please. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it The post Bring a Friend to Camp Day appeared first on Estée Klar . Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 07 2013 12:47 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Inclusion, Acceptance, Friendship

Blehhhhh!!

I’m just posting this photo because I love it. That’s it. Here’s Adam with his assistant and counsellor, obviously having some fun. Okay, I’ll get political too…what opportunities that some kids could have if human support...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2013 1:19 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Joy

That Loving, Fellowship Feeling

This is Adam’s best friend. Aside from going back to camp this summer, which he is able to do with an assistant, this is the friend who Adam spends time with. We recognized it was a real, unscripted friendship when the two of them preferred to play...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 6:56 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Inclusion, Family, Single Parenthood, Joy, school, Living, Friendship

My Comment on CBC Synesthesia Story

Neuroscientist Dr. Tom Schweizer, here in Toronto, discuss synesthesia in a stroke patient with CBC’s Michael Serapio. It’s a cool story, but one that alerted me to the ways in which the neuroscientist and reported began to frame the phenomenon...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 5:58 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Synesthesia

Communication as a Human Right

Every morning since returning from The Communication Institute in Syracuse, Adam has been typing. I’ve realized that he actually doesn’t need the levels of support that I thought he did, when given the right equipment at the right angles,...

Published Wed, Jul 24 2013 11:56 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: communication, Aides and Assistants

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