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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu is an American educator, author, and autism and HIV advocate. [1] [2] Alongside E. Ashkenazy and Lydia Brown, Onaiwu is an editor of All the Weight of Our Dreams, an anthology of art and writing entirely by autistic people of color published by the Autism Women's Network in June 2017.
A Utah school district has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a Black, autistic 10-year-old girl who killed herself after being harassed by her classmates. The family of Isabella “Izzy ...
A 10-year-old Black autistic girl died by suicide over the weekend after repeatedly being racially bullied at school. The girl’s The post Utah girl, 10, dies by suicide after being bullied for ...
Kayla Smith, who is autistic, joined Twitter about five years ago, just hoping to "find some people". Now, she has nearly 12,000 followers. She's called out representation issues on podcasts ...
Latson was approached by a sheriff's deputy while waiting outside a library, and the interaction turned into a fight, in which the deputy was injured. He was sentenced to prison, followed by a regiment of mental health treatment programs. While in a group home, Latson was arrested after another altercation with an officer and returned to prison.
In 1998, middle-aged John Pinnington changed careers to focus on the care and treatment of individuals with autism (having been inspired by his experiences with his own autistic step-son). After several years of work in the field, Pinnington was hired by Thomley Hall College, a specialist facility for students aged 16–25 with autism, where he ...
A Black woman and a white woman who made a 'Starbucks racism' video that went viral joined to combat racism and teach DEI workshops. Now they don't speak to each other. A Black woman and a white ...
Jennifer White-Johnson is an American artist and activist living in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] As a disabled Afro-Latina artist with ADHD and Graves' Disease she uses graphic design and photography as a means to discuss the intersection of disability rights and anti-racism, and to give visibility to misrepresented voices. [1]