Tag: 2023

  • Thirteen Birthdays By Eve Reiland

    Thirteen Birthdays I wrote the word deceased today Where it asked for your name On papers for our daughter’s school She’ll be fourteen in a couple of days And all I can think of is your first tattoo Where the doctor stamped your arm  With her tiny, born prematurely feet Just moments after she arrived…

  • Freeze (Misbehaving Again) by Eve Reiland

    [TW/CN: Abuse, Caregiver Abuse, PTSD, Drowning] This is the second in a 3-part series I’m working on related to lived experiences and PTSD of fight, flight and freeze. Recently, I’ve had a breakthrough in memories and instead of disappearing on me again, they are sticking. It’s overwhelming, but I’m writing through the dark to feel…

  • Flight (Under A Stark Raving Moon) By Eve Reiland

    Flight (Under A Stark Raving Moon) By Eve Reiland

    This is a piece I wrote describing the experience PTSD and flight. It is really an overlap of several nights, one of them being New Year’s Eve. The photo included here with the captured moon is one I took during one of those flights in downtown Fresno. This is the first in a 3-part series…

  • Autistic Voices | From Ethics & Autism To Disability Day Of Mourning

    Autistic Voices | From Ethics & Autism To Disability Day Of Mourning

    Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator 2023 Anti-Filicide Toolkit available at ASAN >> In the past five years, over 550 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Wednesday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of…

  • Archived | Department of Defense Report: Autism Care Demonstration & ABA Services | Circa October 25, 2019 #BanABA #AutisticHistory

    Archived | Department of Defense Report: Autism Care Demonstration & ABA Services | Circa October 25, 2019 #BanABA #AutisticHistory

    PERSONNEL AND READINESSThe Honorable James M. Inhofe ChairmanCommittee on Armed Services United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: OCT 2 5 2019 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 4000 DEFENSE PENTAGONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-4000 The enclosed report is in response to the Senate Report 114-255, page 205, accompanying S. 2943, the National Defense…