Help Amy Sequenzia Get to TASH

Crowd-sourced Campaign to Get Amy to TASH

Amy Sequenzia has a personal campaign on Fundrazr (similar to Kickstarter) to raise money to get to the TASH conference in Washington D.C. in December.

The campaign ends on November 30th. She's looking to raise $3000. Of the tens of thousands of supporters to Pages such as AWN, this should be an easy goal to meet if a large number of people contribute a little bit each.

From the campaign page:

My name is Amy, I am a non-speaking Autistic activist and blogger, and I have a chance to present at TASH Conference in December, in Washington, DC.
Some of you already know me and know that I need to travel with a support person. Last year I was able to present at a different conference because you helped me get there. It was awesome!...

Source:  http://fnd.us/c/8q7ef

Contribute if you can. And if not please share this information with your social networks so others may help too.

Thank you!



Amy Sequenzia
Amy is a writer and disability activist.
http://ollibean.com/tag/amy-sequenzia/

TASH
TASH is an international leader in disability advocacy. Founded in 1975, TASH advocates for human rights and inclusion for people with significant disabilities and support needs – those most vulnerable to segregation, abuse, neglect and institutionalization. 
http://tash.org

Build-a-Bear Ends Partnership with Autism Speaks

Good news! Boycott Autism Speaks reports that Build-a-Bear Workshop has ended their partnership with Autism Speaks.

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/Buildabear/posts/10152926931750166

To celebrate and show my support I went and made a purchase on their website. I purchased a little pink octopus for my cat. She likes pink.

Please contact Build-a-Bear on Facebook or Twitter to say thanks and consider making a purchase to show your support. And ask your friends to do the same. 

Thanks to Build-A-Bear for doing the right thing and to Boycott Autism Speaks for all of your hard work!

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Why Autistic Wiki?

 The Autistic Wiki - Where Autism Really Speaks

The autistic wiki is a free library of information about autism. It is written and monitored by the autistic community.

Why did I make a page called Autistic Wiki?

Because I believe in the adage, 'he who controls the information, controls the people.' I believe it is important if we are going to see success with autism awareness we, the autistics, need to be in control of the information.

Right now we have a lot of experts speaking for us. Some of those people are real experts who really believe the things they say. Others, such as Autism Speaks, are people who spread fear and hate about us.

If we want to have a chance at narrating the story, we need to have a central place where those outside the community can come to learn about autism without having to wade through all the lies and distortion being spread by others.

What I Hope to Get Out of This

My goal is we will eventually be able to outrank large organization such Autism Speaks in the search engine ratings so people find us, before they find them.

It's much easier to educate people straight from the beginning than it is to have to wade through the muck and convince them they've been lied to.

This is my goal. To give autistics a voice. That is the reason I have chosen the tag line, "Where autism really speaks."

I Need Your Help

I hope you will join me. Please visit AutisticWiki.com and contribute the the library of information about autistics, by autistics.