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      Ask a Self-Advocate: Response to Secretary Kennedy’s Comments About Autism 
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: The School to Prison Pipeline
      
        
      
      
        Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Special Education, Trauma and Learning, Racial Equity in Education, School Discipline ReformJevon OkundayeHigher Education, Immigrant Families, Legislation, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Racial Equity
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      The children of Boston deserve more
      
        
      
      
        Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Special Education, Trauma and LearningGuest UserHigher Education, Immigrant Families, Legislation, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Racial Equity
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: The Impact and Results of Code-Switching
      
        
      
      
        Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Special Education, Trauma and LearningJevon OkundayeHigher Education, Immigrant Families, Legislation, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Racial Equity
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: How I Overcame the Academic Achievement Gap
      
        
      
      
        Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Special Education, Trauma and LearningJevon OkundayeHigher Education, Immigrant Families, Legislation, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Racial Equity
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: The Academic Achievement Gap
      
        
      
      
        Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Racial Equity in Education, Special Education, Trauma and LearningJevon OkundayeHigher Education, Immigrant Families, Legislation, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Racial Equity
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: The Pros and Cons of Person-First and Identity-First Language
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      College Dining Halls: My Advice for Other Autistic Students
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: The Similarity Between Racism and Ableism
      
        
      
      
        Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Racial Equity in Education, Special Education, School Discipline ReformJevon OkundayeSchool-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Transition, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Mental Health, Race & Disability
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Legislative Advocacy for Safe and Supportive Schools: Susan Cole in HLS Blog 
      
        
      
      
        Racial Equity in Education, Special Education, Trauma and Learning, Ask a Self-AdvocateMassachusetts Advocates for ChildrenCoalitions, Headlines, Transition, COVID-19, Disability & COVID-19, Mental Health, Legislation
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      “No Matter What it Takes: Laura Stelianou in HLS Blog 
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: How did you self-advocate while working at MAC?
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: How did you self-advocate in college?
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: How did you self-advocate in high school?
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: What I wish I’d known at 18
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: How can school districts prepare students for life after high school?
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: What school districts, parents, and students can do to better prepare students for IEP meetings
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: What I liked and disliked about my first IEP team meeting experience
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: What is an IEP meeting?
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Ask a Self-Advocate: How did you learn to disclose your disability?