Amy Sequenzia
Amy Sequenzia is an American, non-speaking Autistic, multiply disabled activist and writer. Amy writes AbOUT disability rights, civil rights and human rights. She also writes poetry. Amy has presented in several conferences in the US and abroad, and her work is featured in books about being Autistic and Disabled. Amy is deeply involved with the Neurodiversity Movement and has been outspoken about the rights and worthy of disabled people. She criticizes the medical model of autism. She is a co-editor of Typed Words, Loud Voices, a book about typed communication. She is also a board member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
Disability rights activism
Sequenzia argues against attempts to cure autism, believing autism is an inseparable part of an autistic person's personhood. She supports all methods of communication a disabled person chooses to use and is a user of facilitated communication. She is autistic and has epilepsy, cerebral palsy, dyspraxia, and insomnia. She supports attempts to cure epilepsy.