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Hello, my name is Ashawna Marshall and this spring I've had the opportunity to take the class Black Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence to create this exhibit At First Glance. When discussing the topic of Neurodivergence within the black community, their experience in school had grew my interest. I wanted to know how they were treated, did it differ from other neurodivergent people and if so how so?

The purpose of At First glance is to allow us to read pass the front cover, and allow our selves to read the body of the novel. Everyone has their own individual story to tell and some might relate to that story. So At First Glance allows you to look at the experience of black children with autism inside of school, three of the artifacts are from the first hand accounts and the last two artifacts are stories cited in a news articles. Their experiences are now shared, and we can see past the front cover but the lack of representation is also explored in this exhibit. Take you time to explore and leave further questions and thought on this subject.

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When a child is first diagnosed with a "disability" it can possibly be in school. Teachers who spend 8hrs a day with your child has the ability to diagnose them. with such power of the student body do you ever wonder what the treatment of students who are neurodiveregent?

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When looking at the first hand experience of the school system through the perspectives of Olivia the Autie and Minyarn , they both shares the perspective of being undiagnosed with autism. Which has shaped their experience and here will look into why African American children weren't diagnosed as commonly as White American children.

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lmk if y’all wanna know how I figured out the system in high school #actuallyautistic #blackandautistic #autismawareness #fuckschool #fypシ #xyz

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lmk if y’all wanna know how I figured out the system in high school #actuallyautistic #blackandautistic #autismawareness #fuckschool #fypシ #xyz
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Too Autistic For Black | Streaming NOW on discovery+

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Hey, hey!! Over the last two months I've been working quietly behind the scenes on my short film 'Too Autistic For Black' commissioned by Warner ...

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In life we judge, judging people without knowing a persons background or their battles faced. Everyones experience is different and we'll look into the experience of neurodivergent people in school. What was their experience like? Why was this the experience? If possible what are solutions to this issue?

How to navigate:
Attached to the introduction is an  arrow which leads you  to the direction of another post. Follow the arrows throughout the exhibit and  click on each perspective to learn more about the experience of black autistic people in school. Then at the bottom of the exhibit you'll see statistics on black diagnosis, representation inn studies, and the treatment in schools.