Casey E. Ovella Davis

Today, @AlisonBrazil1 and Danny Nagy released "Songs for Today" documenting a community songwriting workshop in response to the 2023 Covenant School Tragedy. These songs are sacred and healing. Watch the documentary on YouTube: youtu.be/cU3mXvKZcO8?si… Funded by @MetroArtsNash

I was obsessed with this game back in the day!

@JayRuderman When I discovered at age 33 that I am Autistic. Subsequently learning how I had spent so much of my life masking my autistic traits to fit into neurotypical society allowed me to embrace my natural way of being, reimagine my life and find belonging in the Autistic community.

What life changing moment happened in your life that gave you an entirely new outlook?

This week, the AAPB reached a milestone of 100,000 items in our online reading room! This serves as a significant step in our mission led by @GBH & @librarycongress to ensure that our public media history is preserved & accessible. Visit the AAPB: bit.ly/3rGi60X

On this day in 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Justice O’Connor sat down with Bill Moyers to discuss her experience breaking into a male-dominated profession. To watch the full interview, visit bit.ly/3ZAfyxR

Bill Moyers has been a broadcast journalist for more than five decades and is recognized as a unique voice of our times whose work resonates across generations. Now, over 1,000 of his programs have been digitized and are free to view online. Visit bit.ly/3LuvRXh

Is your child texting about media preservation? wyd: where’s your data? bff: broken file format lol: love our library dm: digital master pda: preserved data already lmao: local material archival originals rotfl: recording on the final laserdisc

@DLGenealogist Steve Prefontaine

This should generate some fun answers! For extra points share a picture of the individual(s) from the poster.

"I think the first advice that I give any activist is that if you have no hope, you have no movement. So you have to have hope…[and] say thank you to fellow activists for what they're doing, because 99% of what we do is for free." #autisticvoices

Grateful to Anne Borden King, Co-Founder of Canada’s Autistic-led advocacy organization Autistics for Autistics, for sharing her story with the Autistic Voices Oral History Project. #ActuallyAutistic #autisticadvocacy #avarchives autisticvoices.org/borden-anne-23…

@treberney 🥹 Thank you, Tre! Learning about Aphantasia and SDAM and my experience living with both has been fascinating and helped me connect so many dots!

Leading the way once again, Casey. Thanks as always.

@ArchivistAriel 🥹 Thank you Ariel! I’m excited to soon have your story added to the collection as well! Thank you so much for sharing it with me and the Autistic Voices Project!

I was interviewed for this article by @wheresbel in Brainwise Media (from @NANneuropsych) about my experiences as an archivist who has Aphantasia and Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory. The Autistic Voices Oral History Project got a shout-out! brainwisemedia.com/life-without-v…

@kerblooee @marco_giancotti This “non-visual spatial imagery” and “flashes of insight” resonates with my experience. I believe I am an aphant and have SDAM (a revelation I had about 4 days ago). Can you describe those 2 concepts a bit more?

I have aphantasia, meaning that I can't form mental images at will. Nor, in my case, sounds, smells, flavors, tactile sensations, or emotions. When I close my eyes, I enter a blank world. In this thread I'll try to express what that is like for those who don't have aphantasia.

- LaTesha Gonzales on becoming aware of her Autistic identity. Thank you, LaTesha, for sharing your story.

“I was already a huge advocate for my son Gabriel…everybody knows, I'm telling you what his needs are. And it's becoming an advocate for myself and to say, listen, I'm uncomfortable or I can't. It's allowed me to to speak up more.” autisticvoices.org/gonzales-lates…

We are hiring an Outreach and Social Media Specialist for the AAPB! Reach out to me if you have any questions about the role.

@ArchivistAriel Thank you so much, Ariel! I would love to record your story! Can you send me your current email address? I’ll send you some more details and we can arrange a date! It will be great just to catch up with you. ☺️

I am grateful to the @amianet Board for voting to act as fiscal sponsor for the Autistic Voices Oral History Project, and also to Invisible Heroes Productions for support in post-production! The first batch of interviews will be on the website next week! autisticvoices.org/collaborators

The Autistic Voices Oral History Project is building an archive of Autistic stories and our lived experiences. Contact me or fill out the web form if you are interested in sharing your story! autisticvoices.org #ActuallyAutistic #archives