The Joy of Autism

No Pity: As April Approaches…

I am finishing my M.A. in Critical Disability Studies, a fortunate position which I hope to give back to many others as The Autism Acceptance Project grows again. There are lots of writing deadlines now and April is on my mind…if you haven’t...

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 6:33 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Advocacy, Charity, The Economy of Pity

The Oppressive Charity Model: Reconsidering Autism Acceptance

This isn’t going to be one of my longer posts. I was simply driving Adam to school today listening to this song and thinking how fast April is approaching. What kind of awareness are we constructing about autism? Are we supporting a charity model...

Published Mon, Mar 04 2013 9:12 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, Advocacy, The Economy of Pity

Decolonizing “Autism Acceptance”

It is interesting to see how many versions of “autism acceptance” there are out there. In my classes, filled with people with various disabilities including autism, autistic people say that they want to be accepted. This generally means that...

Published Mon, Feb 11 2013 7:49 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance

Hermes

“Hermes has taken over the world, our technical world exists only through the all-encompassing confusion of hubbub, you will not find anything left on the earth – stone, furrow or small insect – that is not covered by the diluvian din...

Published Sun, Feb 10 2013 7:36 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, The Autism Acceptance Project

This is the REAL Autism Acceptance Project: Our Video & CBC News – The National – In Depth & Analysis – Positively Autistic

CBC News – The National – In Depth & Analysis – Positively Autistic. And Here is the TAAP promotional video created in 2006: Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 09 2013 10:57 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: The Autism Acceptance Project

My Duct-Tape Day: The Economy of Pity in Action

This morning I woke up feeling I should walk around town putting duct tape over my mouth. I just couldn’t find any so I put The Autism Acceptance Project stickers over it – a befitting act seeing as how our material was pirated. I in fact...

Published Sat, Feb 09 2013 6:15 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: The Economy of Pity

TAAP is being returned to us!

I am happy to report Ms. Zalzal has agreed to take down her version of The Autism Acceptance Project and references to our years of work. She will be rebranding her site and re-making her own material. Thank you for understanding how important this is...

Published Fri, Feb 08 2013 5:24 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance

Will the real Autism Acceptance Project please stand up?

Today, I was informed that the name of the organization founded by myself but built with many autistic people, both verbal and non verbal, was taken by the creator at this site here. Ms. Zalzal, the creator of this pretty site is a web designer and built...

Published Wed, Feb 06 2013 9:33 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism

The Autism Acceptance Project Identity has been huh hum…taken? They are not us!!!

The original Autism Accetpance Project is located at www.taaproject.com. Our site was maliciously hacked a few months ago. I’d like to speak to Jennifer Zalzal who has claimed “copyright” of TAAP since we started it with events as early...

Published Wed, Feb 06 2013 11:00 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Uncategorized

Am I Disabled Too? Questioning My Identity As A Parent To An Autistic Child

Am I Disabled Too? Questioning My Identity As A Parent to an Autistic Child Estée Klar Against the background of a new “behaviour,” as it would be described by clinical behaviourists – Adam’s grunting – my writing about identity is agitated...

Published Mon, Feb 04 2013 8:58 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Theory

Aide Workers, duty to accommodate and autistic students in higher education

I have an autistic son who is bright and who requires many accommodations in order to fulfill his Canadian right to an education. At my university, the concept of independence and work overrides the need some accommodations that are required for many...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 7:19 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Acceptance, Law, Inspiration, school

Gun Violence, Mental Health Stigma, Blame and the State

Do you need autism services? Here’s a thought on the NRA and their blaming (and stigmatizing) of people with “mental illness” (the term in and of itself is problematic). I strongly urge you (and applaud) Paul Applebaum’s response...

Published Sat, Jan 19 2013 9:12 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Discrimination, Disability Finances/Benefits, Government Servicees

Disability Issues and the CBC

I am finding myself listening to CBC Radio One every morning. I would like to applaud the CBC for dealing with one of Canada’s most pressing human rights issues – that is the stigma of people categorized with “mental illness,”...

Published Fri, Jan 18 2013 6:58 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Media

Autism and Work

Listening to CBC Radio 2 this morning is a special report on autism and work. Interviewed is Thorkhil Sonne, Chairman of Special People Foundation. He has built an I.T. company, Specilaisterne that I wrote about a few years ago which hires autistic people...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 6:42 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: ABA, Employment

The Different and Equal Premise and the Law

I’ve started my next semester of my Master’s studies, now taking law and cultural studies at the same time, hoping to engage the law through an arts-based approach. Sitting in class yesterday discussing various issues around pain and physiotherapy...

Published Wed, Jan 09 2013 10:00 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: autism, Law

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