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Believing in Nonspeakers and the Right to Communicate: An Interview With Dr. Vikram Jaswal

Posted on March 14, 2022June 29, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Those who would deny people access to their most effective method of communication because of concerns about the potential for false accusations should, as Rua Williams recently wrote, “ask [themselves] why a false accusation is more harmful than the ability to accuse.”

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AAC

An Ode to Our Nonspeaking Community Members

Posted on March 4, 2022September 19, 2022 by Neurodiversity News

If you don’t want people exposing your private moments online, then don’t do it to [autistic people]. Don’t have a double standard. Treat them in the way that you would want to be treated. Think of it that way. 

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Why Doesn’t Respect for Communication Diversity Include Nonspeaking Autistic People?

Posted on May 13, 2020October 23, 2022 by Emily Paige Ballou

When we are far more willing to believe in the capacity for communication of animals and aliens than we are in that of nonspeaking and intellectually disabled autistic people, and extend our research and creativity towards mutual understanding, no, I have to reject the assertion that “Some autistic people just can’t communicate.”

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