self-advocacy, autism, and linux: finding my own path
Post on 25-May-2015
151 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Self-Advocacy, Autism, and Linux: Finding My
Own PathSpencer Hunley
- Growing up without autism
My Story
My Story
- Growing up WITH autism
Passionate Questions
- Who am I?- What is my Autism?Is it a part of me, am I a part of it, or something else?
- How do I define Autism?- What is my purpose?
Self-Advocacy
- The Forum- Apprehension, stereotypes and prejudices- Learning and un-learning- What happened after the Forum
Self-Advocacy- Advocating for myself
- Workplace- Friends and family- Struggles and victories
Self-Advocacy
- ASAN- How small victories can combine to change what seems unchangeable
Passionate Questions
- How my own search for personal definition led to a passion that’s turning into a career- Linux/FOSS-based assistive/accessible technology
- Linux Community, Universal Tux and Accessibility
Self-Advocacy
“...And the sooner you stand up and [graduate from high school], head into the dawn and get the hell outta town, find and build your own world and really be your own person, blunder into fellow mutants who see the same things you do, and know there's something better somewhere out there when you make the effort to create it...the smaller, more laughable, and totally unimportant those golden teenage memories and rose-colored scars become.”
- Jello Biafra
top related