Sharon daVanport

Sharon daVanport
Born
💼 Occupation	Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) - Founder and Executive Director
📆 Years active	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
Known for	Disability rights advocacy

Autism rights movement
Philosophy Ableism / Disablism Bodily autonomy Disability rights movement Independent living movement Neurodiversity Self-advocacy Social model of disability Societal and cultural aspects of autism
Organizations Aspies For Freedom Association for Autistic Community Autism National Committee Autism Network International Autistic Self Advocacy Network Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network National Autistic Society NOS Magazine
Events Autism Acceptance Day & Month Autism History Month Autistic Pride Day Autistics Speaking Day Autreat Autscape Disability Day of Mourning
Issues All in a Row Applied behavior analysis Augmentative and alternative communication Autism-friendly Autism Speaks Communication Shutdown Community integration Deinstitutionalisation Disability-selective abortion Ethical challenges to autism treatment Eugenics Facilitated communication Inclusion in education Inclusion as a right Judge Rotenberg Educational Center Karen McCarron Universal Design for Learning
People Kassiane Asasumasu Amanda Baggs Julia Bascom Lydia Brown William Davenport Michelle Dawson Roy Richard Grinker Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu Ari Ne'eman Shain Neumeier Alex Plank John Elder Robison Amy Sequenzia Stephen Shore Steve Silberman Jim Sinclair Donna Williams
Films Citizen Autistic Deej Loving Lampposts Neurotypical (film) Temple Grandin Wretches & Jabberers
Criticism Medical model of autism National Council on Severe Autism Benjamin Alexander Matthew Belmonte Manuel Casanova Thomas A. McKean David Miedzianik Jonathan Mitchell Sue Rubin

Sharon daVanport is the founder and executive director of Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). She has been a Steering Committee member of the National Disability Leadership Alliance, serves as treasurer for Crushing Colonialism, and is on the advisory board for Felicity House in NYC.

Writing

"What Every Autistic Girl Wishes her Parents Knew" (co-editor along with Emily Paige Ballou and Kristina Thomas), Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) (10-Jan-2017), ISBN-10 0997504528; ISBN-13 978-0997504521

External links

• [1] "PEOPLE: Why Sharon daVanport built a support network for autistic women and nonbinary people", Echo Chamber Escape (26-May-2020)
• [2] "Disability & Intersectionality Summit: Interview with Sharon daVanport", Disability Visibility Project, Ho, Sandy (7-May-2018)

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