SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for ANTHOLOGY ON AUTISM & RACE
WHAT IS THIS PROJECT?
A collection of things written by autistic people of color
talking about their lives, experiences, ideas, work, or other stories. The
project will become a book available in different formats. Lydia Brown is the
lead editor for the anthology, which will be published through the Autism Women’s
Network.
WHO CAN BE PART OF
THE PROJECT?
Anyone who self-identifies as
1. Autistic
(with or without a formal diagnosis, includes PDD-NOS and
Asperger's)
2. Person of color, racialized, or non-white
Specifically, you might consider yourself one or more of the
following:
- Transethnic, transracial, or transnational adoptee
- Mixed race, biracial, or multi-racial
- Migrant
- Indigenous, Native, Aboriginal, or First Peoples
- Black, Caribbean, or African
- East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Pacific Islander
- South Asian, Desi, Central Asian, or Middle Eastern
- Brown
- Latin@, Hispanic, or Latin American
WHAT CAN I SUBMIT?
Anything that you write or have already written. Your
submission can be short or long, prose or poetry, formal or informal, academic
or personal. Some possible formats include personal essays, creative
non-fiction, poetry, blog posts, speeches, and academic writing. You may also
submit more than one thing.
Some suggested topics (but you don't have to choose from
this list):
- Living at the intersection of disability and race
- Cultural and community spaces for disabled people of color
- Passing as white or neurotypical
- Conceptualizing disability in non-white communities
- Intersectional social justice for disabled people of color
- Police brutality and profiling of disabled people of color, and state violence
- Intimacy, kinship, chosen family, romance, and sexuality
- Education
- Employment
- Housing
- Disability services
- Healthcare
- Activism and advocacy
- Further marginalized experiences (i.e., also being queer, migrant, trans*, poor, multiple-disabled, etc.)
- Representation and visibility
- Voice, silencing, erasure
- Socialization, communication
- Interdependence, healing, trauma
- Violence and abuse
- Resilience, power, reclamation, and solidarity
If you want more specific guidelines or concrete rules about
submissions, contact Lydia Brown at lydia@autistichoya.com.
* Note: If it was published somewhere else, you need to have
the legal right to submit it here.
CAN I USE A PSEUDONYM
OR ALIAS?
If we choose your submission, we will use whatever name you
want to appear.
HOW DO I SUBMIT
WRITING?
Email your writing to Lydia Brown at lydia@autistichoya.com.
Submissions can be attachments or in the email.
WHEN ARE SUBMISSIONS
DUE?
15 November 2014.
WHEN WILL I FIND OUT
ABOUT MY SUBMISSION?
You will find out by December 1. If we choose one or more of
your submissions, we will begin communicating with you about the editing
process at that time.
HOW ELSE CAN I HELP?
We need to raise $10,000 to cover publishing and printing
costs for the anthology. If you or someone you know can donate any amount of
money, everything helps. Check out our fundraising video and donate online!
(Alternate link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/autism-and-race-anthology/x/6878690)
WHO ARE YOU?
My name is Lydia Brown (though
you might know me better as Autistic
Hoya). I'm an activist and writer focusing on violence against
multiply-marginalized disabled people, including hate crimes, policy brutality,
and prisoner abuse. At present, I am serving on the board of the Autism Women's
Network. I am also president and co-founder of the Washington Metro Disabled
Students Collective. I have worked with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network's
national office, and am a past Patricia Morrissey Disability Policy Fellow at the
Institute for Educational Leadership. In 2013, I was honored by the White House
as a Champion of Change for disability rights.
The mission of the Autism
Women’s Network (AWN)
is to provide effective supports to Autistic women and girls of all ages
through a sense of community, advocacy and resources. AWN is committed to
recognizing and celebrating diversity and the many intersectional experiences
of Autistic women. AWN welcomes all women, supporters of women, those who
have at one time identified as women and non binary gender variant individuals.
AWN recognizes and affirms the gender identity of each individual.
AWN also welcomes the support and community of those who do not and have
not identified as women as allies to support us in our work.
I HAVE OTHER
QUESTIONS!
You can contact Lydia Brown, the editor, by email at lydia@autistichoya.com
or by phone or text message at (202) 618-0187.
