Autistic Lived Experience: When I Learned that Helen Keller Believed in Eugenics

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• January 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, advocacy, disability rights, eugenics, Helen Keller, heroes, Winter 2023 Issue
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To say that learning about this for the first time felt like a punch in the gut is a gross understatement. Though I heard it from what I consider to be a credible source (the PBS documentary series The U.S. and the Holocaust), I nonetheless could not bring myself to believe the truth because I...

Displaying Courage, AHRC NYC Staff Support People with I/DD in Group Homes and Remotely with Technology

• By: Marco Damiani AHRC New York City
• July 1st, 2020
• adults, courage, COVID-19, essential workers, front-line staff, heroes, loss, mindfulness, remote learning, summer 2020 issue, technology, telehealth
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Months into our response to the COVID-19 epidemic, we have suffered heartbreaking losses and struggled through many challenges. Through it all, our staff’s extraordinary devotion, caring and tireless efforts to support people with disabilities, their families, and each other, has been...