Episode 164: Advocating For Indigenous People with Developmental Disabilities

In Episode 164, Ben chats with Gitxsan-born Indigenous developmental disabilities advocate Frankie (Sii Lu Yee) Abel.  Frankie works as an Indigenous Practice Advisor for Community Living BC in rural remote British Columbia while attending Simon Fraser’s Beedie School of Business in the Indigenous Executive MBA program.  She is passionate about advocating for Indigenous people and vulnerable adults and children who don't have their voices yet. Frankie hopes to focus her career on bridging the gap between Indigenous people and the rest of the world.   Continuing Education Credits (https://www.cbiconsultants.com/shop) BACB: 1.5 Ethics IBAO: 1.5 Cultural/Ethics QABA: 1.5 Ethics Contact: https://www.gitanmaax.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankie-abel-8bab06234/ https://www.communitylivingbc.ca/about-us/indigenous-relations/ Links: Residential schools  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/first-person-facing-genocide-mohawk-institute-la-tuque-residential-school-1.6527631 The Indian Residential Schools Surivivors Society https://www.irsss.ca/ The 60s scoop https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/sixties_scoop/ Indigenous Day school https://irshdc.ubc.ca/learn/indian-day-schools/ Indigenous Foster Care https://themedium.ca/disproportionate-suffering-indigenous-children-and-ongoing-discrimination/ The Gift Of Being Different  https://aidecanada.ca/resources/learn/asd-id-core-knowledge/the-gift-of-being-different Shikabe Makwa https://www.camh.ca/en/driving-change/shkaabe-makwa Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced Rachelle Gladue https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-132-culturally-safe-harm-reduction-with-rachelle-gladue-pisimoyapiy-ka-nipawit/ Grant Bruno https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-37-the-realities-of-autism-in-first-nations-communities-in-canada-with-grant-bruno-phd-candidate/ Louis Busch Episode https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-11-the-treatment-of-life-threatening-pica-with-louis-busch-bst-abs-hc-med-bcba/             Links: DMV Association of Black Behavior Analysts (DMV ABBA) https://www.dmvabba.org/ Black Men in Behavior Analysis https://bmbanetwork.org/ Black Applied Behavior Analysts  https://babainfo.org/ Missouri Black Behavior Analysis Community (MOBBAC) https://www.mobbac.org/ TAP: The ABA Pathfinders https://www.mobbac.org/tap-the-aba-pathfinders Black Women in Behavior Analysis (BWIBAAD) https://bwibaad.org/ ABA Verzus Block Party https://www.linkedin.com/company/abaverzus-block-party/   Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced: Black Men in Behavior Analysis with Jeron Trotman https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode79-black-men-in-behavior-analysis-with-jeron-trotman/ The Missouri Black Behavior Analysis Community with Kelly Baird https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-86-the-missouri-black-behavior-analysis-community-mobbac-with-kelly-baird-ma-bcba-cctsi/ Behaviour Analysis in Ghana and Nigeria with Josephine Akure and Joy Oviojie https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-91-behaviour-analysis-in-ghana-and-nigeria-with-josephine-akure-and-joy-oviojie/ Culturally Responsive Screening Tools for Autism and/or Intellectual Disabilities in Nigeria with Dr. Eziafakaku Nwokolo https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-120-culturally-responsive-screening-tools-for-autism-andor-intellectual-disabilities-in-nigeria-with-dr-eziafakaku-nwokolo/ Artificial Intelligence and Behaviour Analysis with Dr. Marc Lanovaz https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-8-artificial-intelligence-and-behaviour-analysis-with-marc-lanovaz-phd-bcba-d/ Black Liberation Psychology with Dr. Evan Auguste https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-98-black-liberation-psychology-a-conversation-with-dr-evan-auguste/    

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