“Nothing About Us Without Us” Leaves Voices Out

• By: Doreen Samelson, EdD, MSCP Catalight
• December 30th, 2024
• advocacy, autistic voices, caregiver, disability ethics, diversity, identity, inclusion, neurodiversity, representation, self-advocacy, Winter 2025 Issue
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In the autistic community, we often hear the phrase “nothing about us without us.” On its surface, that seems like the ethical standard that those of us who are not autistic should commit to. It feels respectful for non-autistic clinicians, educators, and researchers like me to take our...

The Autism Society of America Awards the Cast and Crew of “How to Dance in Ohio” with the 2023 Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Leader in Adult Autism Award

• By: Staff Writer Autism Spectrum News
• January 10th, 2024
• adults, diversity, inclusivity, news, representation, Winter 2024 Issue
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On December 1, 2023, The Autism Society of America’s CEO Chris Banks and Linda J. Walder, Founder and Executive Director of The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation, honored the cast and crew of the new Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio with The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Leader in Adult...