Organizing for a Better Future
with Finn Gardiner
6/21/23
What can those of us working in behaviorally oriented spaces do to try and protect the well-being of our Autistic clients? What impact does shame have on the wellbeing of Autistic kids? What’s it like to be a Black Autistic organizer in mostly white spaces? Why should we shift from a charity model to a direct aid model in supporting marginalized groups? In this episode, we dive into all of these issues with Finn Gardiner, the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Autistic People of Color Fund. He is a Boston-based queer, Black, and disabled writer, designer, community organizer, speaker, editor, researcher, advocate, activist, and more.
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Show Notes
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- Learn more from/about Finn, or get in touch on finngardiner.com
- Learn more about & support the Autistic People of Color Fund (& the Autism and Race site)
- David Perry– Cult of Compliance
- ABA
- Two Sides of the Spectrum Episode: ”Why OT Must Be Different from ABA” with Greg Santucci, OTR/L
- First-Hand Perspectives on Behavioral Interventions (ASAN, Editor Finn Gardiner)
- Behaviour Analysis, the Autistic Way (Not ABA), by Ann Memmott
- Invisible Abuse: ABA and the Things only Autistic People can See by C.L. Lynch
- How much compliance is too much compliance: Is long-term ABA therapy abuse? (research article)
- Minority stress model:
- Racial discrimination/trauma (from Lydia XZ Brown blog article, and they’re also on Episode 3 with Dismantling Racism & Ableism with Lydia XZ Brown):
- Minority Stress in Autistic Individuals (research article)
- Identity & Autism (with a section on Minority stress) (research article)
- Intersectionality: Episode “Research that Centers Autistic Well-Being as Defined by Autistics” with T.C. Waisman, and show notes
- Allostatic load
- Episode “Safety As The Foundation for Everything with Dr Gillian Boudreau” has a section on allostatic load
- Allostatic Load & ASD (research article)
- Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC)
- Lydia X.Z Brown has cataloged many links and documents here
- AutSciPerson’s document here lists possibilities for Massachusetts residents and non-residents (scroll down):
- Transcript & slides for a panel opposing the JRC with Lydia X.Z Brown and Shain Neumeier.
- Webinar & transcript on Abolition, Deinstitutionalization, & Decarceration in the Pandemic with Dustin Gibson & Shain Neumeier
- Neuroclastic article by Terra Vance
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