Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, MA is a global self-advocate, educator and disabled non-binary woman of color in a neurodiverse, serodifferent family. Diagnosed with autism in adulthood after the diagnoses of their two youngest children, Morénike is a prolific writer, public speaker, social scientist/activist, and survivor whose work focuses on meaningful community involvement, inclusion, digital media, narratology, race, gender, human rights, justice, and intersectionality.

Morénike, a Black (Yoruba, Caboverdiano, American) Xennial and parent of six biological and adopted children with disabilities, is a Humanities Scholar in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University as well as a full-time faculty member at a state college.

A recipient of numerous awards, Morénike is a widely sought after keynote presenter who has been an invited speaker in the White House and the UN and loves reading, writing, beaches, Steven Universe, and Dragonball Z & Super.

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Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism Oct 17, 2018

by Autistic Self Advocacy Network , Elizabeth Bartmess

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What happens when you make it to adulthood before finding out you're autistic?

As A.J. Odasso writes in this anthology: "You spend a lot of time wondering what's wrong without ever knowing why."

This anthology includes essays from a diverse group of adult-diagnosed autistic people. Our essays reflect the value of knowing why--why we are different from so many other people, why it can be so hard to do things others can take for granted, and why there is often such a mismatch between others' treatment of us and our own needs, skills, and experiences. Essay topics include recovering from burnout, exploring our passions and interests, and coping with sensory overload, especially in social situations.

If you know you're autistic, are beginning to wonder, share similarities with autistic people, or want to support an adult autistic friend or family member--or if you simply want to know why it's so important that autistic adults know we're autistic--this book is for you.

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All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism Jun 28, 2017

by Autism Women's Network , Lydia X. Z. Brown , E. Ashkenazy , Morénike Giwa Onawiu

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Delve into poetry, essays, short fiction, photography, paintings, and drawings in the first-ever anthology entirely by autistic people of color, featuring 61 writers and artists from seven countries. The work here represents the lives, politics, and artistic expressions of Black, Brown, Latinx, Indigenous, Mixed-Race, and other racialized and people of color from many autistic communities, often speaking out sharply on issues of marginality, intersectionality, and liberation.

All contributors featured:
Amanda Filteau, Angel Alexzandrea McCorkle, Anmei He, Bijhan Valibeigi, Cindy Facteau (Fragmented Perfection), Christopher Tucker, Confessions of a Black Rhapsodic Aspie (COBRA), Daniel Au Valencia, D. Campbell Williams, Dee Phair (sometimesdee), Deion Hawkins, E. Ashkenazy, Ebru Çelik, Eliora Smith, Elly Wong, Emily Pate, Emma Rosenthal, Emmalia Harrington, Miss Fabien, Finn Gardiner, G.A., HarkenSlasher, Helene Fischer, Jane Strauss, Jen Meunier (Gzhibaeassigaekwe), Jennifer Msumba, Jessa Sturgeon, Joseph “Joey” Juarez, Kaijaii Gomez Wick, Kassiane A. Asasumasu, Keara Farnan, Kelly Bron Johnson (@KBronJohn, @OneQuarterMama), //kiran foster, Kristy Y., Legacy Onaiwu, leylah, Louise Thundercloud-Hills, Lucas Vizeu, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Maanu Alexander, M.D., Melis Leflef (Melissa Murphy), Mikael Lee, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Nathaniel Hagemaster (Agony Myers), N.I. Nicholson, Nicole S. Xurd (Shalese Nicole Heard), Ondrea Marisa Robinson, Pharaoh Inkabuss (Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon), Pretty Eyes Ellis, Rhonda G., Rikki Katherine Lee Moses, S. Henderson, Shane Bentley, Shondolyn Gibson, Stephan B., Taiyo Brown, Vivie Bella Papaleo, Yasmin Khoshnood, Ylanne So, Yvonne Christian (Uncommon Bostonian)

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Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline Nov 7, 2019

by Steven K. Kapp

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This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, and their possible threshold of the advocacy establishment. The actions covered are legendary in the autistic community, including manifestos such as “Don’t Mourn for Us”, mailing lists, websites or webpages, conferences, issue campaigns, academic project and journal, a book, and advisory roles. These actions have shifted the landscape toward viewing autism in social terms of human rights and identity to accept, rather than as a medical collection of deficits and symptoms to cure.

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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity Mar 30, 2021

by Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network , Emily Paige Ballou , Sharon daVanport , Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

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A rare and diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights to parents the unique needs of girls and nonbinary people who are growing up with autism.

Most resources available for parents come out of the medical model of disability--from psychologists, educators, parents, and doctors--offering parents a narrow and technical approach to autism. Furthermore, it is widely believed that many autistic girls and women are underdiagnosed, which has further limited the information available regarding the unique needs of girls and nonbinary people with autism.

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child represents an authentic resource for parents written by people who understand this experience most, autistic people themselves. From childhood and education to gender identity and sexuality, this anthology of autistic contributors tackles the everyday challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic girls and nonbinary people. Written like letters to parents, the contributors reflect on what they have learned while growing up with autism and how parents can avoid common mistakes and overcome challenges while raising their child.

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child calls parents to action by raising awareness and redefining "normal" in order to help parents make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are.

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