I had an idea. I don't know what anyone
else thinks of it yet, which is why I'm putting it out there. (Tell
me what you think?) We have the Loud Hands Project which will be a
compilation about autism-related stuff by autistics. Why not have
something similar, but where the stuff we're compiling is anything
that can be printed in a book, and the only requirement is that the
creators are autistic. Maybe it could be a series of compilations-
some with just one persons stuff if they have enough to make a book
themselves, some with a few people putting their creative works
together.
There would be a couple ideas behind
this. One: I'm sure I can't be anywhere near the only autistic who
does a few different kinds of creative thing which aren't necessarily
related and no one of which would be enough to make much of anything
out of. But if we make a hodgepodge of it all, helping each other
organize our hodgepodges in ways that somehow manage to work, then
put it all out there, then we all get our stuff out there. Two: I
don't want people to think that autism advocacy is all I do! You
probably don't want people to think autism advocacy is all you do
either, since it probably isn't. We have lives. If we show the world
that we do more than just one thing (we're fully developed people,
unlike many of our portrayals in media), it might also help our cause
while doing something that isn't directly advocacy.
So, would anyone want to join in on
this? And what would we call it if we do this? So far, ``Autistic
Hodgepodge" is the best I've got, and I don't know if that's
what I or anyone else would really want to call it.
I like this idea. Please can you provide details of where to send my stuff (email preferred)?
ReplyDeleteAutisticHodgepodge@gmail.com. There isn't really a full project yet- just me, an idea, and you saying you like the idea. I guess I should start a page about it or something.
DeleteOk, just made a site for the project. Autistichodgepodge.blogspot.com, autistichodgepodge@gmail.com. Wooo actually doing something with this.
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