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Autistic Community & the Neurodiversity Movement
For this week's readings, we read chapters 5 and 7 of Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline. In...
ellie
Oct 14, 20222 min read
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Homosexuality and Autism: The Fight To End Pathologization
Lewis chronicles the history of the conflict involving LGBTQ rights activists and psychologists on the psychiatric state of homosexuality...
ellie
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Crip Camp and Disability Rights Movements
This week we watched the documentary Crip Camp, which depicts how a camp for disabled youth inspired a lot of the work done in the...
ellie
Sep 30, 20222 min read
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Dynamics of Acceleration and Personalization in #ActuallyAutistic
For this week, we read "Social Media and Activist Communication," an article by Poell and van Dijck. In this piece, the authors discussed...
ellie
Sep 23, 20222 min read
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Osorio's "Autist-Topoi" in #ActuallyAutistic
In her article, "I am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet," Ruth Osorio discusses the history and mechanics behind hashtag activism,...
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Sep 16, 20222 min read
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Introduction
Hi everyone! My name is Ellie, and my pronouns are she/her. I'm a junior majoring in English on the Communication and Technology track. I...
ellie
Sep 16, 20221 min read
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