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Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)

WEBIn April 2021, AWN hosted a discussion with Nassira D. Nicola and Emily M. Lund on disability justice and public health, addressing disabled perspectives in public health …

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Health Justice is Disability Justice: Disabled Perspectives in Public

WEBIn April 2021, AWN hosted a discussion with Nassira D. Nicola and Emily M. Lund on disability justice and public health, addressing disabled perspectives in public health …

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Accessible Health Care for Autistic Adults

WEBThe access section focuses on reducing communication barriers between health care providers and their autistic patients while creating richer sources of …

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Autistic Women: Misdiagnosis and the Importance of Getting it Right

WEBIn talking to other women about their experiences with the mental health system, I discovered that this is a common reaction to a comorbid diagnosis. While most …

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Prison Abolition at the Intersections of Food, Health, Disability

WEBKanav Kathuria’s work lies in the intersection of abolitionism, public health, and food sovereignty. He is a 2019 Open Society Institute Baltimore Community Fellow …

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Disability Advocates Respond to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky

WEBrescinding work restrictions for boosted and asymptomatic health care workers.8 These health care workers, of course, are actively carrying SARS-CoV-2 back …

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Disability Justice & Access-Centered Pedagogy in the Pandemic

WEBAimi Hamraie is associate professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, where they direct the Critical Design Lab. …

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Sharon daVanport

WEBSharon daVanport is a disability justice advocate, speaker, and educator who serves as the founding executive director of the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). …

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Before You Go: Enabling Access for Autistic Trans People in …

WEBThe Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and the National LGBTQ Task Force hosted a panel with Kayley Whalen, Finn Gardiner, and Noor Pervez, with Victoria M. Rodríguez …

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Disability Organizations Respond to the Overturning of Roe v Wade

WEBThe undersigned disability organizations are outraged and gravely concerned by today’s Supreme Court decision. The Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health …

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Support our Reproductive Justice and LGBTQIAP+ Justice Work

WEBLGBTQIAP+ people often face discrimination in reproductive health care as well. They are often left out of discussions of abortion, even though certain populations …

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Motherhood: Autistic Parenting

WEBIn addition to a social network of other autistic moms, some women felt they would have benefitted from structured coaching or mentorship. Several participated in …

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New report: Over 30 states legally allow forced sterilization

WEB(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a report, “Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States,” with …

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Surviving Burnout from Ableism & Racism in the Pandemic

WEBAllilsa Fernandez is a mental health and disability advocate and activist. They are currently Advocacy and Policy Senior at ENDependence Center of Northern …

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Harris invites AWN's Lydia X. Z. Brown to speak at disability and

WEBJuly 26, 2022 marked the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s signing into law. To commemorate the occasion, Vice President Kamala Harris invited Lydia X. …

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AWN Statement on Rollbacks Impacting Trans and Disability …

WEBThe Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) condemns yesterday’s announcement that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is rolling …

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AWN's Morénike Giwa Onaiwu has been named to the …

WEBThe Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) applauds the July 7 appointment of Black autistic community leader Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD(c), MA, to …

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AWN honors Black Health & Wellness this Black History Month

WEBThe Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network recognizes February as Black History Month. This year’s theme is Black Health and Wellness. As such we have …

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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

WEBMorénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD (she/they) is a global advocate, educator, disabled person of color, non-binary woman, and parent of children on the autism spectrum in a …

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FORCED STERILIZATION LAWS IN EACH STATE AND TERRITORY

WEBsterilization needs to help the person’s health. Courts in those states have still allowed forced sterilization even if the only reason is to stop someone from getting …

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