I can't speak for the organizers, but it seems to me that what this event isn't about is as important as what it is:
It isn't about saying that caregivers who kill are monsters.
It isn't about demonizing "special needs parents".
It isn't primarily about punishing the killers more harshly.
It is about accountability for crimes.
It is about ending a double standard ... acquittals and lighter sentences when the victims are disabled.
It is about changing the media narrative that reverses the roles of victim and victimizer.
It is about fighting the popular perception that caring for disabled people is some kind of hell.
It is about remembering the people we've lost, who are too often forgotten.
Please take part however you can, and we’ll all remember together.
It isn't about saying that caregivers who kill are monsters.
It isn't about demonizing "special needs parents".
It isn't primarily about punishing the killers more harshly.
It is about accountability for crimes.
It is about ending a double standard ... acquittals and lighter sentences when the victims are disabled.
It is about changing the media narrative that reverses the roles of victim and victimizer.
It is about fighting the popular perception that caring for disabled people is some kind of hell.
It is about remembering the people we've lost, who are too often forgotten.
Please take part however you can, and we’ll all remember together.
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Savannah Nicole Logsdon-Breakstone
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
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