Candor - formerly ASAC

Slide 1: ACCESSIBILITY & PRIDE: DURHAM, NC
We are honored to have collaborated with PRIDE: Durham, NC to increase accessibility during a whole weekend of PRIDE!

Slide 2: PRIDE: Durham, NC 2024 ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES
Parade will be live streamed!
Extra chairs and low sensory spaces at all pride events
ADA parking and golf cart shuttles
Extra accessible bathrooms downtown
ASL and Spanish interpretation at the music festival
Accessibility descriptions
Communication cards

Slide 3: PRIDE: Durham, NC, SEPTEMBER 28th and 29th
Learn more about the Saturday and Sunday via their website:
www.pridedurhamnc.org

Slide 4: VIRTUAL PARADE
View the parade live by going to the webpage on Sunday morning from 11 am to 1 pm:
www.indyweek.com

Slide 5: LOW SENSORY SPACES
Access maps and descriptions by going to:
www.candornc.org/pride-durham-nc

Slide 6: COMMUNICATION CARDS
This is a voluntary system of boundary regulation where the user may feel more comfortable opting in and out of social interactions.
Printable downloads and more information can be found at: www.candornc.org/pride-durham-nc

SAVE THE DATE!
CANDOR 2024 Virtual Conference
November 13th - 15th
Trangressing Neuronormative Relationships

Neuronormative relationship structures demand an expectation of equal exertion over equity of connection. This is often exclusionary and can separate Autistic, Neurodivergent, and Disabled individuals from lasting bonds. Community is an integral aspect of the survival and thriving conditions of disabled individuals. This conference will provide an overview of navigating relationships outside of the current societal structure. The goal is to foster understanding and stress the importance and value of creating space for varied experiences in interrelations. This conference has been designed by Autistic people and centers own-voices presenters.

Registration opens September 23rd
More details coming!

Introducing....CANDOR!

For the past several months, our staff has been working together, reflecting, and imagining. Through that work, it became clear we needed a new name - one that represented who we are and how we want to be.

CANDOR means open and honest expression, frankness. Candor is a word that means truth. It is also a word that connects with an energy of sharing knowledge directly.

Because CANDOR is about open and honest expression, we felt that this word is also a way to show how we feel about sharing our identity, whether it be our Neurodivergent/Autistic/Disabled identity or our Q***r identity or any other part of ourselves. Candor speaks to un-masking and to living authentically in our identity.

And! Candor is an Autistic trait!

CANDOR is also an acronym - Chronically-ill, Autistic, Neuro-Eclectic, Organization for Reclamation.

We are here to reclaim space and identity - to actively confront the misconceptions, stereotypes, and stigma associated with Autstic, Neurodivergent, and Disabled identities that grow from ableist roots - and to cultivate healing and joy as an act of resistance.

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/39P6asT1M?languageTag=en

September Newsletter The Autism Support and Advocacy Center has rebranded as: CANDOR (Chronically-ill, Autistic, Neuro-eclectic, Disabled Organization for Reclamation)

Nov 4th 2023, first annual DIVERGE Music Fest! Doors at 6:00, Show starts at 7:00 and goes through 11:30. Featuring 6 local bands who are donating their time and talents to help us push awareness of disability justice and support our programs.

Huge thanks to Dynamism, Blab School, Megabitch, Forced Fun, Trash Signal, and Bonies for doing this show!

Tickets are $25 presale, $30 at the door. Ticket includes 1 drink token. Cash bar after.

We will have Merch!

There will also be a raffle! Great prizes, featuring local artists, businesses, restaurants, and events! $5 per ticket, or 5 for $20.

Tickets here:

https://divergemusicfest.rsvpify.com/?fbclid=PAAaYFRCTyB92VjwYXZb9JBpuLvxDBeSsGR2EaDp1Po7Bsqvm3sPdRupasqOo&securityToken=9KmcjS6rBjPBw0BL04CVmeNPhS1TcYWi

The Autism Support and Advocacy Center and the West End Community Foundation, Inc. are hosting a Community Listening Session on Disability and Neurodiversity for the purposes of identifying needs in the West End, Lyon Park, and Lakewood communities in order to increase access to resources.

We are offering 3 different times:
April 15th, 2:00 - 3:00
April 20th, 2:30-3:30, 5:30-6:30

Sessions will be held in Room 131 at the Community Family Life & Recreation Center at Lyon Park.
1309 Halley St Durham, NC 27707

Food provided.

#919

Our store, Part & Parcel, is having to relocate unexpectedly due to the redevelopment of the property adjacent to our current location. A road has been installed that blocks entry to our store. We have a new location, which is amazing, and gives us more space for the store and to run our programs, but the cost of the move is tremendous. Please consider donating to help us make this transition. Thank you!