Autistic Hedgehog

PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST: Warning about Disabled Skepchicks Blog and Call for Help

autistichedgehog:

merinnan:

autistichedgehog:

Hedgehogs, I need your help. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that we need our help.

A few days ago, my husband brought to my attention that the popular skeptic blog Skepchick was planning a sister site for disabled people. This…

OH BREAKING NEWS.

The ONE openly Autistic contributor to any of the Skepchick sites, the ONE person who had any connections to actual disability activists?

They just booted him for “undermining” (read as: stating concerns FROM THE COMMUNITY) this project. And apparently for sharing private conversations, though they have a weird definition of private.

This is not ok. Just so we know.

Gosh, this sounds so familiar. It’s almost like that time Richard Dawkins got Rebecca Watson tossed out of speaking at the Reason Rally because he’s a giant privileged bully who refuses to admit he was wrong.

I woke up dizzy this morning and it’s not going away, so this is all I really have the spoons to say on the moment. But I’m not done. I won’t be silenced.

I mean really. I’m "beyond the pale" for suggesting they don’t care about ableism? Ha! I’m not the one censoring and booting actual disabled people trying to speak for themselves.

Reblogged 2 years ago from sherlocksflataffect

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I'm Autistic and also gay. I rarely read websites/articles about this combination and it makes me feel alone. (Like I'm the only Aspie out there who loves the same gender.) Do you know any books or websites about being Autistic and gay or do you have gay followers? Thank you.

Anonymous

I know there’s Queerability which deals in queerness and disability, for starters. It’s not just about autism but autism is one of the disabilities covered.

As to whether I have gay followers…I’d be downright shocked if I didn’t, actually. Every now and then someone goes into the autism tag and asks if there are any other LGBTQ+ autistics, and it so happens there are a lot of us. I’m bisexual myself.

Any of my followers know of any good blogs or forums or the like?

Posted 2 years ago

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