Resources and Scholarly Sources

My Resources (will be updated as they grow)

ADVOCACY

Autistic Self-Advocacy Books

• Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking edited by Julia Bascom of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy (written for Autistic Students, by Autistic adults) compiled by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• Empowering Leadership: A Systems Change Guide for Autistic College Students and Those with Other Disabilities compiled by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• Typed Words, Loud Voices, an anthology edited by Amy Sequenzia and Elizabeth J. Grace

Autistic Self-Advocacy Links

These resources are part of a larger compilation which can be found on my Tumblr blog Here

• Ari Ne'eman's Talk at Emory (also historical)  

• Brief Thoughts on Stimming & Culture by Kit Mead: A brief discussion of stimming as an austitic adult, weaving in a fictional character of the author’s.

• Socializing As an Autistic: a short piece on second-guessing and social anxiety.

• Autistic Culture by Larkin Taylor-Parker: on the beauty, pain, and struggles of Autistic culture, and how it needs to grow.

• A Short Reminder For Autistic Peopleby Lipstick-Autistic: a few sentences reminding you that “Autistic self-love matters.”

• This is Autism Flash Blog sponsored by Boycott Autism Speaks: a compilation of Autistic people speaking about what their autism is, rather than what Autism Speaks claims it is.

• Love Not Fear Flash Blog: sponsored by Boycott Autism Speaks: a compilation of Autistic people speaking about love, support and why autism is not something to be feared in response to Autism Speaks.

• Brief Definitions of Empathy Types by Lipstick-Autistic: explaining in concise terms the three types of empathy in people. Autistics can have any or a combination of these empathy types.

• Sh*t People Say to Autistic People (video): YouTube video explaining what Autistic people have to deal with from people who are not autistic in terms of what people to say to us. Trigger warnings for ableism and the slurs used against Autistic people.

• The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Julia Bascom: on the beauty of obsessions, and more than just that: Autistic happiness.

• Don’t Mourn for Us by Jim Sinclair: on our existence not being a tragedy, and what we feel when you say you want a cure for autism.

• Tumblr Tag: actuallyautistic(please do not post in this tag unless you identify as Autistic)

• Speak for Yourself: A Call to Action by Larkin Taylor-Parker: written in 2011 and a call for Autistic people to speak out. Trigger warnings for discussions of ableism.

• I Once Had A Neurotypical Tell Me: A blog on what neurotypicals say to Autistic people, other disabled people, people with mental illness, or otherwise neurodivergent people. May be triggering in some of the things that get to said to people.

• Neurowonderful (blog) by Amethyst Schaber: various videos and postings that are often educational for anyone, in my opinion. Includes resources for Autistic people and people seeking to learn more about autism.

• I Will Not Have Quiet Hands (poem) by Kit Mead: a poem on the beauty of loud hands.

• Messages from the Art Room by Kit Mead: a short piece on a safe place in high school, and how “neurotypical” shouldn’t be forced on Autistic people. Talks about ableism and was written for the #StopCombatingMe flash blog (against a bill that authorizes funding for the Combating Autism Act; another shorter explanation is here)

• The Way We Move (poem) by Kit Mead: a poem on discovering Autistic advocacy and community.

• Balancing Act - a ramble by Kit Mead: on the difficulty of conversation and a fine balance between social skills training and damaging Autistic people.

• Just Stimming (blog) by Julia Bascom: on a variety of Autistic advocacy topics. 

• Autistic Hoya (Blog) by Lydia Brown: Lydia Brown is an Autistic and multiply disabled activist and scholar who speaks and writes on an extremely diverse array of disability topics, and also has many other resources available.

• Autism Women’s Network (Website): “AWN is directed by & for Autistic women - providing community & resources for women & girls of all ages.”

• The Autistic Self Advocacy Network: “The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which Autistic people enjoy the same access, rights, and opportunities as all other citizens.”

• Please, Don’t Use Labels on Me - And Us  by Kit Mead: on the inaccuracy of functioning labels and stigmatization and mistreatment of Autistic people through functioning labels. Contains discussion of ableism.

• Why I dislike person-first language by Jim Sinclair: explains why language such as describing an Autistic person as “a person with autism” should not be used.

HISTORY

Sources (links)

• Disability in History and Life  (the eugenics sources below can be found there as well)
• Eugenics in All Fifty States 
• Buck v. Bell documents from the Georgia State University School of Law
• The Future (and the Past) of Autism Advocacy by Ari Ne'eman in Disability Studies Quarterly
• The “Ransom Notes” Affair: When the Neurodiversity Movement Came of Age in Disability Studies Quarterly

Eugenics Books (secondary sources)

Better for All the World – Harry Brunius 
War Against the Weak - Edwin Black

Eugenic Nation – Alexandra Minna Stern

In the Name of Eugenics – Daniel Kevles 

The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism – Stefan Kuhl

Inheriting Shame: The Story of Eugenics and Racism in America – Steven Selden

Three Generations, No Imbeciles -- Paul A. Lombardo
The Sterilization of Carrie Buck - J. David Smith & K. Ray Nelson

Institutionalization Books (U.S.) (primary and secondary) (still being compiled)

Damnation Hospital – on Georgia’s Central State Hospital