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Self-Advocacy & Inclusivity: Changing the Paradigm with Zosia Zaks
Self-Advocacy & Inclusivity: Changing the Paradigm with Zosia Zaks
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Zosia Zaks is a certified rehabilitation counselor, author, and autistic self-advocate. He manages the Towson University's Hussman Center for Adults with Autism, where he teaches service-learning courses that examine autism through a social justice lens. Listen to episode 21 where we explore:How diversity education can truly shift the paradigm to make disability inclusion more effective and empowering for everyoneWhy attitudinal accommodations are the key to positive inclusion for autistic peopleThe concrete ways OTs can support autistic people at workWhat true self-advocacy looks like and why and how to start it youngHow everyone benefits from accommodations and advocacy strategies used by disabled people
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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