Estee Klar fonds, 2005-2014

Estee Klar is the founder and executive director of The Autism Acceptance Project, an organization that strives to support people with autism by promoting acceptance and inclusion of these individuals. She is the mother of a son, Adam, who has autism, and writes about her experiences with him on her blog, found at http://www.esteeklar.com. She also writes about issues concerning autism in the area of human rights, law, and social justice, and has contributed to several books, including The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood, and Concepts of Normality: The Autistic and Typical Spectrum. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate at York University, Critical Disability Studies, as well as a writer and freelance curator of art.

Estimate for Cook and Lauder on the marsh lands main drain

Estimate for Cook and Lauder on the marsh lands main drain, n.d.

An estimate for Cook and Lauder for the excavation of marsh lands main drain for the month of October, 1856

An estimate for Cook and Lauder for the excavation of marsh lands main drain for the month of October, 1856. This is signed by Fred Holmes, Oct. 1856.

Estimate for Cook and Lauder for the month of December

Estimate for Cook and Lauder for the month of December. This is signed by Fred Holmes. This item is slightly burned. This does not affect the text, Dec. 1856.

Estimate for Cook and Lauder on the excavation or marsh lands main drain signed by Fred Holmes

Estimate for Cook and Lauder on the excavation or marsh lands main drain signed by Fred Holmes, Jan. 27, 1857.

The Autism Acceptance Project fonds, 2006-2008

The Autism Acceptance Project was established in 2006 by Estee Klar, an art curator, writer and mother to a child labeled autistic. The Project “is dedicated to promoting acceptance of and accommodations for autistic people in society.” TAAP has an autistic advisory board, and is funded by private donations. In 2006, TAAP organized an exhibition, The Joy of Autism: Redefining Ability and Quality of Life. The event displayed the work of a dozen autistic artists, as well as video and other installations which illustrated the burgeoning autistic rights movement and forwarded the concept of Neurodiversity.