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Neurodiversity Day

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By Lindsay Mohler
Sept. 30, 2020Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
Today is Neurodiversity Day! The Neurodiversity movement was founded in 1998. The word itself was coined by Judy Singer, but is ever evolving. The word Neurodivergent, which is how autistic people identify as well, was coined by Kassiane Asasumasu, who is a BIPOC autistic. Kassiane’s blog is Radical Neurodivergence Speaking. The blog is here. Neurodiversity is not just a movement, it is also an academic concept. More can be found on Nick Walker’s site. Here is some history on Jim Sinclair, who was the founder of the Autism Rights movement, which started in the 1990s.

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Written by Aviva Seigler

Aviva Seigler is the executive director at Fierce Autistics and Allies. She is a writer, an activist, and an advocate. She is an LGBTQ+ autistic from South Florida, is married to a very supportive husband, and has six children. She has been fighting the CD protocol and other quack treatments since 2014. She is a veterinary technologist (LPN for pets). She has her associates and bachelors degree in Veterinary Technology from St. Petersburg College. She is very involved with scouting with her six children. Three of the children are autistic but all are Neurodivergent. Her hope is to bridge the gap between allies and autistics while fighting the pseudoscience that threatens all people, not just autistics.

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