The Joy of 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

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

A Mother’s First Reponse to the “Maternal Sensitivity” Study

This study sent a little shiver through my body. Remember the story of the big bad “Refrigerater Mother?” She was the mother who was blamed for causing autism in her child in the 1960’s. Many mothers during that period were tormented...

Published Sat, Feb 27 2010 9:58 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Discrimination, Acceptance, communication, autism

A Letter from Lewis Carroll

On Saturday I saw the adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland in an attempt to catch up on all of those wonderful movies out there. I wrote about Carroll and his autism here. I have come home to receive a “love letter” from...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 2:19 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: To Get To The Other Side, The Joy Of Autism

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

What’s Going on In Canada? Autistic Children in Isolation Rooms

The CBC news story on an autistic child being sent regularly to an isolation in a B.C. school was aired this morning. The student, who is “mildly autistic” (she can speak), is sent regularly to a windowless room. In polling the other young...

Published Fri, Nov 22 2013 4:29 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Law, Human Rights

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

Moving along…

There are times when you have to just stop everything. Adam has required it…his school has required it. A focus on Adam’s typing and adaptations in school have alas been paying him dividends. Despite his want for escape, screaming and bolting...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 5:49 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Anxiety, Inclusion, communication, Obsessions, Sensory Differences, Advocacy, Transitions, Wandering, Movement Disturbance, Community, Living, Intelligence

Emerging Tensions: Puberty, Autonomy and Safety

It’s the end of the term…I need a long break and so does Adam. His anxiety went up as soon as the clocks turned back. The darkness brought about a new mood, Adam’s ticking went off the charts and he started a new tick – a screaming tick. He wasn’t happy...

Published Fri, Dec 13 2013 7:33 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Anxiety, Autism and Learning, Development, Inclusion, Family, Single Parenthood, communication, Obsessions, Travel, Sensory Differences, Transitions, Safety, Behaviours, school, Movement Disturbance, Love, Identity, Living, Intelligence, Aides and Assistants

A Chance to Participate in a PhD Thesis:

CALL OUT I am completing my PhD thesis on autism health care services in Ontario with a special interest in evidence-based applied behavioural therapies. I am a social scientist and so my project aims to explore some of the social and political implications...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2014 9:53 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Research

Adam’s Disability Poem

A Disability Poem By: Adam Wolfond big stairs laugh at him.. Because hard to go up when you got just a wheelchair to get around in.. I think the long road will be hard for him to travel.. He feels like people dont understand him.. I understand him like...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2015 12:20 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Poetry

Advocating Otherwise: Problematizing Autism “Advocacy”

Read the work of Anne McGuire, now a Professor at U of T: Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it The post Advocating Otherwise: Problematizing Autism “Advocacy” appeared first on Estée Klar . Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 12:09 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: autism, Advocacy

New Website for Our Collaborative Dissertation

Our new website which collects the dissertation research is up for Neurodiversity in Relation: an artistic intraethnography. This work is a collaboration with my son, Adam Wolfond. It’s still a work in progress. Our new film will also soon be up...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2019 3:47 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Uncategorized

Non-Verbal Autism, Identity and Power

The Autism Acceptance Project (TAAP) will post a new announcement on its website about its forthcoming work and formation of a new board of directors. TAAP is an organization that is directed by autistic people, and facilitated by non-autistic supporters...

Published Tue, May 14 2013 5:15 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Uncategorized, communication, Ableism

A New Kind of Autism Lobby: A Proposal

I’m writing my thesis and am hankering to blog – so many things on my mind with the recent Ontario budget proposal, the ever-so teensy weensy allowance for an individual on ODSP to take home a couple hundred bucks a month and the way we may...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 8:53 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Autism and Learning, Critical Disability Studies, Autism and Intelligence, Acceptance, communication, autism, Advocacy, Politics, Organizations/Events, Ableism, Language, Community, Charity, The Autism Acceptance Project

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