Self-Advocacy & Inclusivity: Changing the Paradigm
with Zosia Zaks

03/17/2021

Zosia Zaks is a certified rehabilitation counselor, author, and autistic self-advocate. He manages the Towson University’s Hussman Center for Adults with Autism, where he teaches service-learning courses that examine autism through a social justice lens. Listen to episode 21 where we explore:
- How diversity education can truly shift the paradigm to make disability inclusion more effective and empowering for everyone
- Why attitudinal accommodations are the key to positive inclusion for autistic people
- The concrete ways OTs can support autistic people at work
- What true self-advocacy looks like and why and how to start it young
- How everyone benefits from accommodations and advocacy strategies used by disabled people
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Show Notes

- View links at learnplaythrive.com/podcast
- Take the Learn Play Thrive Quiz
- Zosia Zaks is the Program Manager of the Hussman Center for Adults with Autism
- Check out Zosia’s book: Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults
- Join in the conversation about this episode on Facebook: Learn Play & Thrive: Autism Resources for Professionals