On this day in 2008, the series finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered. Everything #TeamAvatar had done up until this point led to this crucial moment. Do you remember where you were when you saw it? How did the show impact you?
Just like in their world, balance is important in our own. We hope our toolkit can inspire you to have important conversations about health, environmentalism, genocide, and more.
Whether or not you could make it to Camp GLA 2021, don’t miss out on our amazing new vendor hall! From yummy teas and cute pins to new T-shirts and cool stickers, there’s a ton of stuff for you to check out!
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The Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) issued this statement condemning the court ruling which upheld use of electric shock torture. Read the full statement here, and stand up for the rights of individuals with disabilities.
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Tomorrow is the last day to buy your tickets for #CampGLA! Make sure to grab some so you can listen to hosts of the Guilty Pleasures podcast Garrick Bernard, Zach Kornfeld, and Kelsey Darragh talk about getting support, drawing boundaries, finding pleasure, and living life with chronic pain.
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Rewatching bfu and
I can’t believe 19th century british justices understand this better than like, half of America
Thank you to Amanda Treto of Headliners in Education for this piece on Fandom Forward and Camp GLA 2021. Are you coming to camp?
At Camp GLA, happening July 16-18, Connie Gibbs and Delia Gallegos, hosts of The Nerds Are Typing: An MBTI and Enneagram Podcast, are going to take a look at some of our favorite fictional rulers, firelords, community organizers, princesses, and bosses and explore how their Myers Briggs Personality type and Enneagram reflect and inform what makes their leadership work. Grab your tickets today!
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TW // ableism, torture, electroshock therapy, ABA therapy, death mention
On July 6th, 2021, the ban was lifted on an electroshock punishment that is used against people with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other disabilities.
Here's more info about that:
The electroshock device, called the Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED) was banned by the FDA in 2020, but after a lawsuit from the JRC, the U.S. Court of Appeals found that the ban was a regulation of the practice of medicine, which was considered to be beyond the FDA's authority.
GEDs are used at the Judge Rosenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts and they are the ones that have been fighting to continue to use this device unregulated. They use the GED as a form of punishment, as they believe it "corrects" the behaviors of people with autism and intellectual disabilities.
This paragraph talks about the instances in which this device has been used and may be upsetting; please skip to the next section if you need to. At the JRC, they shock people for things such as having meltdowns or emotional outbursts, stimming, flinching, slouching in a chair, or for not doing their work. They will often strap the patients down and shock them repeatedly. Apparently someone was shocked 31 times in 7 hours for not taking their jacket off and had to be hospitalized as a result. It's no surprise that the use of these devices has caused people trauma, PTSD, and physical injuries. This is torture. And it's not the only form of torture that they use at the JRC, many people have died there due to their negligence and vile treatment: click here for a twitter thread with some of their stories (warning for discussion of neglect, abuse, violence, and death)
ICE has refused to properly protect those in immigration detention from COVID-19. In protest, many of those in detention initiated hunger strikes. ICE’s response? Solitary confinement, pepper spray and physical force. This is not okay.
Welcome to the Resistance. Don’t forget to show your allegiance with this Hunger Games-inspired poster. What district would you call home? May the odds be ever in your favor. DFTBA.com/HPA
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The Indian Residential School Survivor Society (IRSSS). they provide counseling and other forms of support to first nations people who are residential school survivors. this is a list of other charities that support first nations people, this list is a mix of charities and ways to learn more about first nation activism and history, and this is a link to a free online college course called Indigenous Canada
