Author: Aviva Seigler

Aviva Seigler is the executive director at Fierce Autistics and Allies. She is a writer, an activist, and an advocate. She is an LGBTQ+ autistic from South Florida, is married to a very supportive husband, and has six children. She has been fighting the CD protocol and other quack treatments since 2014. She is a veterinary technologist (LPN for pets). She has her associates and bachelors degree in Veterinary Technology from St. Petersburg College. She is very involved with scouting with her six children. Three of the children are autistic but all are Neurodivergent. Her hope is to bridge the gap between allies and autistics while fighting the pseudoscience that threatens all people, not just autistics.
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ableism, Discrimination, problematic autistics, Problems

Autistics are Speaking Out against Tom Clements

Aviva Seigler

I am sure most of you have read the article by the Guardian. Like most of us ,I was very angered by this article. We will dissect it paragraph by paragraph. Almost like a necropsy when I first started veterinary technologist school. The exact words from the article will be in italics so you can… Continue reading Autistics are Speaking Out against Tom Clements

Autistic History, Deaf History, holocaust

Autistic History: Akitoin T4

Aviva Seigler

When you think T4, you think thyroid test. It also has a much darker meaning. This program was called Aktoin T4 program or the T4 Program. T4 stands for Tiergartenstrasse 4.  This was the Nazi's effort, disguised as a euthanasia program, to kill ill, mentally disabled, physically disabled, "emotionally distraught" and elderly people. The word… Continue reading Autistic History: Akitoin T4

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ableism, autistic culture, Discrimination

Puzzle Piece is Hated by the Autistic Community: the history and what to use instead

Aviva Seigler

A hate symbol. Why is the puzzle piece a hate symbol? I get asked this a lot. They tell me to reclaim it. As a Holocaust educator, no one tells the Jewish, travelers, LBGTQ, or any other people massacred in this horrific even in history to reclaim the swastika. I am breaking down the history… Continue reading Puzzle Piece is Hated by the Autistic Community: the history and what to use instead

autistic culture

Masking from an Autistic Perspective

Aviva Seigler

Today I had a training for Boy Scouts of America. I am very involved. Seems like it would be no big deal right? You could not be more wrong. Don't get me wrong. I love my fellow scouters. This is a situation where I have to mask being autistic. What is masking? Masking is having… Continue reading Masking from an Autistic Perspective

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Modified Keto is Doctor Recommended. How I am handling it.

Aviva Seigler

As many of you know I went to the doctor to have my hormone levels checked to get my PCOS. Much to my surprise all my hormones were in the normal range. They have always been all over the place. The doctor attested that to the hormonal IUD that I have. The one hormone that… Continue reading Modified Keto is Doctor Recommended. How I am handling it.