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The third wave of blogs:

Alysia Krasnow Butler on her own son’s autism diagnosis and her friend’s son’s recent unexpected diagnosis. A beautiful post:
http://trydefyinggravity.wordpress.com/ ... ces-carry/

ASD Mommy on not being silent:
http://asdmommy.wordpress.com/2010/11/0 ... be-silent/

Britt Kravets on social interaction and acceptance for the whole spectrum:
http://blackbird3398.wordpress.com/2010 ... -speaking/

Clay on Autistics Speaking Day; also contains Ari Ne’eman’s post:
http://cometscorner-clay.blogspot.com/2 ... g-day.html

The Coffee Klatch on their Twitter event, which you should totally check out if you have Twitter:
http://thecoffeeklatchblog.blogspot.com/

Danillion on the Internet and autism:
http://dannilion.com/2010/11/autistics- ... -internet/

Elaine Caul on awareness:
http://one-autistic-in-ireland.blogspot ... ormal.html

Gerry Lockhart on ASDay:
http://www.asandtheirpartners.org/as-re ... g-day.html

Julia on needing to talk:
http://flashbackdreamsequence.blogspot. ... -talk.html

Kathryn Bjornstad writes about Autistics Speaking Day and shares a list of participants:
http://autistickat.blogspot.com/2010/11 ... today.html

Paula C. Durbin-Westby shares her e-mail to Buzz Aldrin about Communication Shutdown and Autistics Speaking Day:
http://paulacdurbinwestbyautisticblog.b ... ldrin.html

Sandy challenges the idea that verbal communication is the best form of communication:
http://www.aspieteacher.com/2010/11/pre ... e-options/

Sarah Schneider on Autistics Speaking Day:
http://www.kitaiskasandwich.com/2010/10 ... -november/

The Untoward Lady on autism and love:
http://vibratingsquare.blogspot.com/201 ... -love.html

Vector’s post for ASDay:
http://thautcast.com/drupal5/content/vo ... linkiewicz


There are some other lists here:

http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_d ... ber-1.html

http://autismblogsdirectory.blogspot.co ... ber-1.html

This is the last update!
Remember, the new, permanent page is here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Autistics ... 2960394619

Ed Ised about owning ideas and selling autism awareness:
http://diversityrules.typepad.com/my_we ... eness.html

Ian on his experiences with autism:
http://youhaventmetyourselfyet.blogspot ... omptu.html

Jill with some general info on autism and ASDay:
http://bookish-nerd.livejournal.com/13273.html

Julia Charlotte’s Anatomy of an Autistic:
http://www.facebook.com/notes/julia-cha ... 4893465232

Kassiane on what she can tell you and explain about living with autism, and being on your autistic kid’s side:
http://timetolisten.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... k-day.html
and
http://timetolisten.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... r-kid.html

Leah Jane on the aftermath of ASDay:
http://quixoticautistic.blogspot.com/20 ... rmath.html

Lindsay on listening to disabled people:
http://autistscorner.blogspot.com/2010/ ... stics.html

Luna Lightning on her own experiences with autism and life in general:
http://spin-infinity.blogspot.com/2010/ ... ction.html

Shelly Valladolid on autistic special interests and their validity:
http://stillfabulous.blogspot.com/2010/ ... peaks.html

These are a couple of interesting articles Corina shared:
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=502
and
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... ent%3Bcol1

Action for Autism’s Mike Stanton explains why Communication Shutdown is offensive, and what it is like when autistic people shut down in real life:
http://actionforautism.co.uk/2010/11/01 ... aking-day/

Alexander Cheezem writes an awesome open letter to Buzz Aldrin:
http://aspieperspective.blogspot.com/20 ... ldrin.html

Allecto on dispelling myths about autism:
http://allecto.tumblr.com/post/14566682 ... csspeaking

Brigy Staples on the double standards people use with autistic people:
http://speakingon.wordpress.com/2010/11 ... aking-day/

Codeman busting myths about autism:
http://aut.zone38.net/2010/11/01/speaki ... or-autism/

Cripchick (Stacy Milbern) on the dangers of donating to non-profit autism organizations that are all about profit and do nothing for autistic people:
http://blog.cripchick.com/archives/8612

Estee Klar on the dangers of trying to normalize autistic people with medication:
http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/11/01/wha ... e-believe/

Gavin Bollard on why a day of silence doesn’t work:
http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.com ... lence.html

John Scot Thorburn on how autistic voices should be heard:
http://colorvalues.blogspot.com/2010/11 ... g-day.html

Karen Baum writes her first blog post on Autistics Speaking Day:
http://theautisticstepmom.blogspot.com/ ... g-day.html

Karin has written several posts for today, which can be viewed here:
http://bewaretheaspie.blogspot.com/

Kerry Cohen on her autistic son, who she has written a memoir about:
http://www.kerry-cohen.com/musings.html

Kim Wombles on supporting autistic people instead of shutting down:
http://kwomblescountering.blogspot.com/ ... y-are.html

Leah Jane on how the Internet made it possible for her autism club to pull off a successful event:
http://quixoticautistic.blogspot.com/20 ... g-day.html

Maddy Keene on her experience with autism/Asperger’s:
http://mmkeene.deviantart.com/journal/35987525/

Maya Brown-Zimmerman on battles with the early intervention system:
http://marfmom.com/archives/2656

Pamela Harvey on the use of silence:
http://thestampedenvelope.blogspot.com/ ... lence.html

Sarah Schneider on what she’s learned on Autistics Speaking Day:
http://bit.ly/dkFBp4

Scottish Mum on why Communication Shutdown is not for her:
http://scottishmum.com/?p=85

Stuart Duncan on breakdowns in communication:
http://www.stuartduncan.name/autism-com ... g-it-down/

TMBMT on the pain of growing up undiagnosed:
http://tmbmt.livejournal.com/26305.html

Toxicology Doc on communication:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idszVltvc3Y

Unstrange Mind on what you would have to do to really understand how her autism affects her. Hint: it’s not turning off your computer:
http://unstrangemind.wordpress.com/2010 ... -autistic/


If you missed anything on the previous lists, there’s a full version of participants here at Katy Bjornstad's blog:
http://autistickat.blogspot.com/2010/11 ... today.html

Yesterday was awesome and thank you all so much for your support. We hope to see you again next year, and we hope Autistics Speaking Day only gets better with time.