Title: Estee Klar Fonds, 2005-2014 Creator
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Title: Estee Klar fonds, 2005-2014 Creator: Estee Klar Dates of 2005-2014 Record Group RG 501 Material: Number: Summary of Fonds consists of printed entries of Estee Klar’s blog about her experiences in Contents: parenting an autistic child. Two DVDs of video clips contained in the blog are also included. The original blog was known as the Joy of Autism and contained entries from 2005-2008. In 2008 the blog was renamed and the domain name changed to http://www.esteeklar.com . The fonds is divided into three series: For full inventory of blog titles, see below. Series I: The Joy of Autism, 2005-2008 1.1-1.6 Blog entries, 2005-2008 Series II: Estee Klar, 2009-2014 1.7-2.5 Blog entries, 2009-2014 Series III: Video clips 2.6 Video clips from blog entries, 2006-2013 Physical Fonds consists of printed blog entries and 2 DVDs. Description / Condition: Other Notes: Estee Klar is the founder and executive director of The Autism Acceptance Project, an organization that strives to support autistic people by promoting acceptance and inclusion of autistic individuals. She is the mother of a son, Adam, who is autistic, and writes about her experiences with him on her blog, found at http://www.esteeklar.com. She also writes about issues concerning autism in the area of human rights, law, and social justice, and has contributed to several books, including The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood, and Concepts of Normality: The Autistic and Typical Spectrum. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate at York University, Critical Disability Studies, as well as a writer and freelance curator of art. Location: Brock University Archives Source Information: Described by: Chantal Cameron Date: March 2014 Estee Klar Fonds – Blog title inventory Title Date Notes Box 1, Folder 1 September- December 2005 The Joy of Autism 2005-2008 Intro Tuesday September 20, 2005 09/20/2005 Wednesday, September 21, 2005 09/21/2005 September 23, 2005 09/23/2005 Friday, September 23, 2005 09/23/ 2005 Saturday, September 24, 2005 09/24/2005 Sunday, September 25, 2005 09/25/2005 Sunday , October 2, 2005 10/02/2005 Monday, October 3, 2005 10/03/2005 Saturday, October 22,2005 10/22/2005 Sunday, October 23, 2005 10/23/2005 Monday, October 24, 2005 10/24/2005 Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10/25/2005 Thursday, October 27, 2005 10/27/2005 Saturday, October 29, 2005 10/29/2005 Monday, October 31, 2005 10/31/2005 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 11/ 02/2005 Beyond Words: The Drawings of 11/06/2005 Jonathan Lerman. Insight into an autistic mind Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11/09/2005 Sunday, November 20, 2005 11/20/2005 November 21, 2005 11/21/2005 A Day in the Life of Speech Language 11/21/2005 Therapy Beyond Words: The Drawings of 12/02/2005 Discussing an artist’s work. Jonathan Lerman Friday, December 02, 2005 12/02/2005 Friday, December 09, 2005 12/09/2005 Thursday, December 15, 2005 12/15/2005 Friday, December 16, 2005 12/16/2005 Saturday, December 17, 2005 12/17/2005 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12/20/2005 Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12/21/2005 Thursday, December 22, 2005 12/22/2005 Friday, December 23, 2005 12/23/2005 Sunday, December 25, 2005 12/25/2005 Thursday, December 29, 2005 12/29/2005 Box 1, Folder 2 January-June 2006 Wisdom Comes Through Suffering 01/10/2006 Paying Attention to Autism Vernacular 01/11/2006 Autism as a Social Construct 01/12/2006 Autism and Paradox 01/13/2006 Saturday, January 14, 2006 01/14/2006 Through the Looking Glass 01/15/2006 Intuition Precedes Science 01/16/2006 Little Drummer Boy 01/17/2006 Einstein Dreamed About Riding on a 01/17/2006 Beam of Light Small Talk 01/18/2006 Dr. Phil’s “Extreme Disorders” 01/18/2006 The Importance of Presuming 01/19/2006 Competence I Know What I Want and Want What I 01/20/2006 know Connection Alert! 01/21/2006 Body and Mind 01/22/2006 Decoding Perception 01/25/2006 Starry Night 01/25/2006 Between a Rock and a Hard Place 01/27/2006 Dancing 01/27/2006 Neurotypical Syndrome 01/29/2006 On Becoming a SELF 01/30/2006 The Changing Face of Autism 02/07/2006 Unfathomable Mind 02/09/2006 Sensing the World into Existence 02/10/2006 The Poetry of Autism 02/12/2006 Autism Kisses 02/13/2006 Happy Valentine’s Day 02/13/2006 Includes photo of Adam Do Animals Have Feelings... Do 02/14/2006 Autists? What is Quality of Life? 02/16/2006 Drops in the Desert 02/17/2006 Autism R and D 02/18/2006 A Happy Day for Autism 02/20/2006 No Pessimist Ever Discovered the 02/20/2006 Stars Stumbling over Words 02/22/2006 Asking the Questions- Deconstructing 02/23/2006 Part 1 A View Deconstructing a View Continued: 02/23/2006 Part 2 continued from Autism as a Gift 02/23/2006 What I’ve Learned so Far 02/24/2006 The Wind and the War 02/25/2006 A Better Breed of American 02/26/2006 This is what it’s all about 02/27/2006 Autism from an older brother’s point of view Master of our Own Destinies? 02/28/2006 There Are No Prodigies in Art 03/09/2006 With Paintings by Jonathan Lerman Bikini in My Baggage 03/10/2006 To Live is So Startling... 03/13/2006 The Difficulty of Knowing 03/14/2006 What’s in a Name? 03/16/2006 Don’t Get Too Cheeky 03/16/2006 Anonymous Critics 03/17/2006 New Identity? 03/18/2006 The Economy of Pity 03/19/2006 The Archeology of Ideas, Writing and 03/21/2006 Censorship Autism is a Netherworld 03/22/2006 Now What? 03/23/2006 Keep Smiling 03/24/2006 Includes picture of Adam Awakenings 03/27/2006 Open Arms 03/28/2006 Gone Golfing 03/30/2006 Because You’re Worth It 04/03/2006 Unsettled Path to Acceptance 04/04/2006 Human Rights Violation in Sudbury 04/06/2006 Planters of the Doubt Seeds 04/06/2006 Week-End Thought that Could Change 04/07/2006 the World A Perfect 10 04/11/2006 Rare Flowers 04/16/2006 Includes pictures of Adam Memories and Milestones 04/17/2006 Includes pictures of Adam The Blog and Human Equality 04/19/2006 Donor Fatigue Versus Food for 04/21/2006 Thought My Talismans 04/22/2006 Outsider Art and the Value of Human 04/25/2006 Difference The Irony of Outsider Art 04/30/2006 Coming Home 05/03/2006 Ode to Joy 05/08/2006 Oops, try again. 05/20/2006 Da Code, Da Belief, Da Danger 05/21/2006 On Memory and Forgetting 05/25/2006 The Autism Acceptance Project 05/28/2006 The Purpose of Life 06/03/2006 Bear With Us 06/06/2006 Living Library 06/12/2006 In Search of a Democratic Education 06/17/2006 Education system and children with autism Happy Autistic Pride Day 06/18/2006 Provides link with more information AutSpoken 06/22/2006 My Visits with Larry Bissonnette and 06/24/2006 Interviews with both Larry Jonathan Lerman and Jonathan Box 1, Folder 3 July-December 2006 The Circle of 4—With a postscript 07/01/2006 Separation Anxiety... For Whom? 07/04/2006 Includes pictures of Adam The Learning Curve of Acceptance 07/10/2006 An Example of Insensitivity 07/14/2006 If You Hate the Roots 07/18/2006 Gossamer Dreams 07/24/2006 Just Breathe 07/29/2006 Toddlers in Black 08/02/2006 Hope is Vested in Humanity 08/10/2006 Joy of Autism Event 08/15/2006 The Pill to Cure the Autism Divide 08/16/2006 Autism Podcast 08/18/2006 The Perils of Representation and 08/28/2006 Communication Another Kind of Video 08/29/2006 Link to The Autism Acceptance Project Video Larry Bissonnette, Jonathan Lerman 09/01/2006 Rewritten from 06/24/2006 and the Profound Joy of Autism entry It’s Not Always About What We Can 09/08/2006 Do For Autism, But What Autistic People Can Do For Us You’re Not Me! 09/12/2006 If You Could Make Your Autistic 09/15/2006 Child “Normal”, Would You? Connie Said It! 09/16/2006 Multiple video links Understanding Autism 09/23/2006 Article from Action Network in the U.K. Take Joy in Every Step 09/26/2006 It’s No Joke 10/04/2006 Article from The Times, U.K. The Launch 10/06/2006 And the Last Word on Autism Goes 10/07/2006 To.... CBC Quirks and Quarks 10/07/2006 With link to CBC Interview Larry Bissonnette Speaks 10/09/2006 Letter from Larry Bissonnette Is it Artism or Autism? 10/10/2006 Speech by Larry Bissonnette A Human Rights Crisis 10/11/2006 Accepting Autism 10/13/2006 Redefining Disability 10/14/2006 Autistic People “Speak” 10/15/2006 CJN Article 10/18/2006 Link to art/lecture project - part of Autism Awareness month Autism Isn’t the Opposite of Normal 10/19/2006 Building Bridges 10/24/2006 What We Gain 10/27/2006 Sadness and Joy 10/28/2006 Amanda Speaks 10/29/2006 My Avenger 10/31/2006 Halloween Update 11/01/2006 Pictures of Adam Joy of Autism Event Opening Photos 11/02/2006 Photos What Preys on Personhoods 11/03/2006 We Are All People First 11/07/2006 The New Member of our Family 11/08/2006 Young Bloggers Ask Age old 11/09/2006 Question More Positive Autism 11/15/2006 More So-Called “Advocacy” 11/22/2006 Mourning Ulysses 11/24/2006 CBC Television 11/27/2006 Autistic Adam 11/30/2006 Unremarkable Autism 12/02/2006 Book Review of “Unstrange Minds” by Roy Grinker Imus: Autism’s Hero???? 12/05/2006 Imus and his Racist Rants 12/06/2006 What to say or NOT say about Autism 12/12/2006 Tis the Season to be Joyful 12/13/2006 Links to websites, speakers, etc.