about this blog

It's probably pretty rare for someone to come here anymore! I am an Autistic support worker. As I write this (2023, age thirtymumble), I've spent most of my life as a PA for one person who was born with multiple disabilities. In my early twenties, though, I had a ton of different work experiences with different disabled populations. At that time, I was realizing how much my disability affected my life and also beginning to see the ways disabled people are discriminated against, even by people who are supposed to be helping us. I write from the perspective of both a disabled person and a direct support worker, since I am both.

My posts are about a few different subjects like disability identity, social construction of autism, ethical issues for support workers, living with a disability, and ethics in general. When I first started writing, I wrote so much that I made a directory of my posts, but it's not up to date. Instead, here are 13 things I've written that I either particularly like, or that other people seem to have particularly liked.

1. Social Skills Don't Exist 2010
2. some disabled staff person fragments and facts 2011
3. Ability Statements Are a Personal Attack 2011
4. pink-collar jobs and autism 2011
5. How Indistinguishability Got Its Groove Back 2012
6. behavior vs. ability 2012
7. Gaslighting 2009 (I don't like this as a piece of writing, but it covers something that, at the time, I hadn't seen written about very much.)
8. They hate you. Yes, you. 2009
9. Disability services are not accessible! 2011
10. It's a beautiful day and I can't see it 2011
11. training 2012
12. Away From Home 2014
13. Mushballing 201

I like to hear from people who read my blog. You can email me at awf period vivian, at gmail. I don't always remember to answer but if you are thinking about emailing, you don't need to be shy about it. I will never be bothered by someone emailing me.