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Blog Posts by Category

I've tried to choose only one category for each post, but there are a very few that have been cross-listed. 

Judge Rotenberg Center

• Level III Aversives and the Judge Rotenberg Center 
• End the torture. Make this go viral. 
• Do you remember the Autistic boy inside the bag? 
• What they do to us is intolerable! 
• Judge Rotenberg Center Survivor's Letter (Anonymous)
• Letter from Former Teacher at Torture Center (Gregory J. Miller)
• A Glimpse into the Judge Rotenberg Center's Fractious History (Ric Kahn)
• The End of Torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center? 
• Another Blow to the Judge Rotenberg Center 
• Testimony on Anti-Aversives Bills 
• Updates on the Judge Rotenberg Center and Autistic Hoya in the News 

Language, Discourse, and Rhetoric

• Psychopathy: Racism and Ableism from the Medical-Industrial Complex
• How "Differently Abled" Marginalizes Disabled People
• This isn't a joking matter.
• What is a shiny Aspie?
• TEH EEBIL AUTIZMS (with Shain Neumeier)
• Challenging Ableism (at Georgetown and elsewhere)
• Fighting ableism with ableism doesn't work
• Ableism, Tone Police, and Hypocrisy
• Annoying
• Disability and Impairment: Get It Right
• There is no such thing as safe space.
• The Politics of Coming Out
• So High-Functioning (sarcasm)
• Privilege and the Myth of Independence
• On Ableism in the Autism and Autistic Communities
• My dog isn't named Autism
• Functional Labels are Constructs
• The Problems with "Asperger's"
• Dear well-meaning strangers
• More on Dialogue and Discourse
• "People First - Create an Environment of Respect"
• Advocacy and Ableism
• Identity and Hypocrisy: A Second Argument Against Person-First Language
• The Significance of Semantics: Person-First Language: Why It Matters
• What is Self-Advocacy?

Ableism and Violence, Abuse, and Murder

• Literal Silencing
• How They Hate Us
• I am not afraid.
• Interrogating Competency in the Mentally Disabled Subject
• This Is Why I Am Angry
• Honoring the Dead
• Autistics should/Dear Allies
• Grief
• Can I hide somewhere until it's over?
• Halloween's Ableism Problem: The Commercialization of Disability Oppression and Mental Health Stigma
• Sexism, Ableism, and Rape Culture
• All I want to do is weep
• The Dangers of Misrepresentation
• Stop killing us.
• Yes, this is society's problem.
• Life Not Worth Living

Poetry

• Sit with me
• decadence and frivolity
• Why I'm Afraid of Doctors
• revolution rising
• nameless things dismantle
• Suffocation
• Awakening
• Not human anymore - Is this what "ally" means?

Autism Speaks

• Erasure and Silencing by the Omicron Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
• Protesting Autism Speaks
• What They Should Be Talking About
• I'll be there... with a protest sign.
• How Autism Speaks Must Change
• Georgetown: Say No to Autism Speaks
• Responding to Autism Speaks

Random Shit 

• A Brief Introduction to Sex, Gender, Sexuality, and Romance
• Ravioli Adventures
• What's Wrong with Marriage (Gay or Straight)
• Israeli Imperialism, Palestinian Liberation, Apartheid, and Appropriation
• An Apology (of sorts)
• Adoption and Inappropriate Questions
• Response to Bartky: Foucauldian Discipline and the Intersectionalities of Sexism, Gender Binarism and Cissexism, and Heterosexism
• How I managed to not die of heat stroke and witnessed history
• Things that I've learned since coming to D.C.
• In case you're wondering: General rant on inaccessibility
• Fun with Stickers, or How the Massachusetts Autism Commission Chooses Its Priorities for Policy
• Stop Censorship
• Friendship

News/Updates

• Project: Inaccessible Spaces at Georgetown University
• The White House | Keeping the Promise of the ADA: Unequal Justice for Disabled Victims of Murder
• See Autistic Hoya in New Hampshire on July 29th (shameless self-promotion)
• Stop Hurting Kids: Campaign to End Restraint and Seclusion
• Belated Updates from Finals Hell Week
• Two DC-area Conferences You Should Know About (and crash)
• Two New Articles at Georgetown
• First Steps to a Disability Cultural Center at Georgetown!
• Having Loud Hands
• 2011: Year in Review from Autistic Hoya
• Legislative Update: Autism Training Bill
• Study: Do Sheltered Workshops Enhance Employment Outcomes for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Guest and Co-Authored Posts (posts otherwise not written by me either in whole or in major part)

• Letter to Rhode Island Commissioner Gist (Andrew Collins)
• Anatomy of an Inane, Insipid Facebook Comment War (multiple people on my Facebook list)
• Judge Rotenberg Center Survivor's Letter (Anonymous)
• Letter from Former Teacher at Torture Center (Gregory J. Miller)
• A Glimpse into the Judge Rotenberg Center's Fractious History (Ric Kahn)
• Canamica retreat open to all, but no ramps for wheelchair-user? (various commenters on Facebook)
• Deconstructing Disability (full transcript of an episode of Al Jazeera's The Stream, hosted by Femi Oke)
• A Guide to Sighted Allyhood (Anonymous)
• How to be an Ally to Sick People (Anonymous)
• How to be an Ally  for People with PTSD (Anonymous)
• Queer Theory Reading List (from Jacob Brogan's course syllabus)