Autism Awareness and Acceptance

04/08/24 • 29 min

Awareness month or acceptance month? Either way, April is all about autism. In this episode, staff member Rebecca Coates takes the mic to spotlight books and podcasts about autism's history and social experience, with an emphasis on autistic self-advocates.

Later, she talks to Jennifer Cretella, Kaitlyn Fenner, and Marilena Mademtzi, three representatives from Clifford Beers Community Care Center, about Clifford Beers' services for families with autistic kids, Autism Services & Resources Connecticut (ASRC), and the annual Walk for Autism and Resource Fair.

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Further Reading

Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity - Steve Silberman
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity - Devon Price
Spectrum | The Transmitter
Connecticut State Department of Social Services - Autism
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (USA) | Direct link to Resources Page
The ARC
Autism Self Advocacy Network
Autistic Women’s & Nonbinary Network
The Color of Autism Foundation
The Reason I Jump and Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 –Naoki Higashida
Thinking In Pictures – Temple Grandin
Look Me In The Eye - John Elder Robison
Autism In Heels – Jennifer Cook
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child - Various authors
Neuroclastic
The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

See our blog page for April 2024's episode for links to other podcasts and links to authors mentioned in the podcast

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Transcript

Rebecca Coates: My name is Rebecca Coates, and I am your host for this episode of the Hamden Public Library podcast. Our topic for this episode is autism awareness and acceptance. Throughout the episode, I'll be using the terms autistic person and person with autism interchangeably, unless someone I'm referring to or quoting prefers one over the other.

We'll be talking later in the episode with representatives from Autism Services and Resources Connecticut at Clifford B