We’re doing ABLArtFest again! Get yourselves ready!

ABandreabrownlit.bsky.socialSep 14, 2024 4:00pm

We're back with #ABLArtFest 2024! For each day in October, we've made a prompt you can use to inspire a new piece of artwork! You can also combine prompts if you want (Sticky Pirates? A dragon with a rock collection???) Don't forget to use the #ABLArtfest hashtag and tag @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Neurodiversity is a vital concept, and understanding the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is much more important than just splitting hairs over linguistics. Here is a comic explainer, by @scrappapertiger.bsky.socialthinkingautismguide.com/2024/07/neur...#neurodiversity

Neurodiversity Is About Everyone — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Understanding the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is much more important than just splitting hairs over linguistics.

Welcome to the Autistic Community is a free online "book for autistic people who want to learn what being autistic means. We also want non-autistic people to read the book. It can show you how to make life better for autistic people." By The Autistic Self Advocacy Network. autismacceptance.com

Querying writers in the disability community, check out #PitchDis#PitchDis is what inspired me to write my 1st novel & is also how I connected with my agent. Definitely worth checking out.

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Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, it killed more than 400 Americans per year, with children being the most vulnerable. Due to childhood vaccination, deaths from measles were nearly entirely eliminated in the US in the 1990s. The rise in antivax rhetoric is killing children.

MIchristyceeck.bsky.socialMay 17, 2024 11:40am

It's heartbreaking in so many ways. "A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly contagious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms. The child, who was under the age of 5, was not immunized against the virus"

Child under 5 dies of measles in Ontario: PHO

A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly infectious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms.

Satire: “People with autism are showing signs that they may soon develop independent thoughts, and worse, start expressing them, researchers have said.” At @thedailytism.bsky.socialthedailytism.com/researchers-...

Researchers fear people with autism “may become sentient”

People with autism are showing signs that they may soon develop independent thoughts, and worse, start expressing them, researchers have said. The stark warning comes after test subjects began demonst...

Hi #PitchDis#PitchDis, but I'm still working on it and hope to have some news soon.

November 2023 Book Releases Recap! Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published this month! 🧵

Happy Book Birthday!   Unmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence by Ellie Middleton   “Whether you are neurodivergent, suspect you might be, or want to be a better ally, Unmasked will help you make sense of it all, and put the power in your hands.”

Reminder, this comes out in the US on Oct 30th. All proceeds go to UNHCR to help refugees (I see no money from it at any point): amzn.to/3Ft485Jwww.indiebound.org)