#julia bascom

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“Here’s the thing about being disabled: it sucks. It’s horrible in a million different ways, and not a single one of those ways is because I can’t do this or because I have this impairment. That would be too easy. Instead, every single reason translates roughly to because people are awful.”

-Julia Bascom, “Speech, Without a Title”, Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking

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The Obsessive Joy Of Autism

I am autistic. I can talk; I talked to myself for a long time before I would talk to anyone else. My sensory system is a painful mess, my gr

My absolute fave piece on autism—it’s by Julia Bascom. I think @cozyastronaut could relate to it

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Autism Interview #100! Julia Bascom on Autism Advocacy for All - Learn From Autistics

I am pleased to announce this is the 100th interview on the Learn From Autistics site! I’m especially excited to introduce Julia Bascom, Executive Director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Julia is a leading voice in autistic self-advocacy and currently serves on the Centene National Disability Advisory Council, the advisory board of Felicity House, the…Read More

“Most of all, we need autistic people and people with significant disabilities to be visibly and meaningfully included in our communities.”

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"History is full of autistic people and people with other cognitive disabilities who were and are compelling, credible activists and leaders. Greta is a part of that tradition, and our community is lucky to have her. Period."

Julia Bascom, executive director of @autisticadvocacy

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Julia Bascom, the Executive Director of ASAN, is focused on making this world a better place to be autistic—a place where everyone is safe and valued..

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There is no such thing as the voiceless, only the unheard and the silenced.

Julia Bascom, 2017 ASAN Gala Speech

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50+ Autistic People You Should Know

APRIL 19, 2017, FINN GARDINER

Not too long ago, Kerry Magro released a list called “100 People with Autism You Should Know,” with the intent of introducing autistic people and their allies to a variety of autistic advocates. Unfortunately, Magro’s list doesn’t really reflect the autistic community. Magro’s list contributes to the idea that autistic people are predominantly white men who don’t view their disability as political. This alternative list is an effort to reflect the diversity of the autistic community. I wanted to highlight fierce advocates for civil rights and inclusion that reject the idea that we must comply in order to be acceptable. You can find these trailblazing autistic activists on personal blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube and other social media.

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“We knew that the autistic community is compromised of terrifyingly brave and resilient people; that the autistic community has many things to say and is perfectly capable of saying them in our own ways with our own voices; and that there is something beautiful and powerful about a community of people who are routinely silenced, abused, neglected, and murdered, yet who continue to survive, finding and nurturing one another and growing in strength and sense of purpose, year after year.”

-Julia Bascom, Loud Hands, Foreword