November was a short month being capped off by a whole week of Thanksgiving break. This month we’ll highlight some of the programs presented. Each woman in the house is required to put on an educational program of some sort during the school year. A few members wrote a bit about their programs:
Meet Julia by Katherine Boulanger
At the beginning of November, I did a program on Autism Acceptance, using the Sesame Street episode “Meet Julia” as a framing device to provide an introductory overview of autism and autistic people. To prepare for this program, I began doing research as early as July, using both scholarly sources, as well as testimony from actual autistic persons (hence the use of identity-first language, which is preferred by many members of the autistic community). The program focused on different aspects of autism and autistic people’s experience, such as sensory sensitivities and language processing differences, as well as some of the ways in which autistic people face discrimination in our larger society. Near the end, we also had a just for fun section featuring both canon autistic characters and common headcanons. Continue reading “Everyday November”