Ep 55: Self Advocacy – Disability Visibility Project

Posted July 14, 2019 by Alice Wong Podcast

Ep 55: Self Advocacy

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There are all kinds of advocacy within the disability community. Self advocacy is one unique type that is grounded in a movement, history, and community of people. Today we’re going to explore what self advocacy is with two people who identify as self-advocates: Noor Pervez and Finn Gardiner. You’ll hear Noor and Finn talk about how they first learned about the self advocacy movement and what it meant to them to be self advocates.

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Related Links

Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Green Mountain Self Advocates

Masjid al-Rabia

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered

Baggs, A.M. (2005). The Meaning of Self Advocacy. Autistics.org

Bascom, Julia. (2002). Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking.

Brown, Lydia, Ashkenazy, E., Giwa Onaiwu, Morenike. (2017). All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism.

(2014). Self Advocacy Position Statement. The Arc and American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

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Finn Gardiner is a tireless disability rights advocate, primarily interested in educational equity, intersectional justice, comparative policy, and [...]

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