Elora Dodd

Elora Dodd is a comedian and online personality who uses her flair for the dramatic to entertain her 500k+ followers online, where she performs under both her name, and the digital pseudonym “Online 1 Room Schoolhouse.” Along with her comedy, she’s spreading education and awareness about the two subjects of advocacy closest to her heart: Disability rights, and religious reform.

As an Autistic woman, Dodd understands from personal experience the value of education and awareness about Autism, and hopes that her outreach through her social media will help change the public perception around this unique neurotype. She also hopes to change perception of disability as a whole, and encourage and provide community to other disabled people.

Dodd's other advocacy passion, religious reform, stems from her time growing up in the evangelical church. Dodd believes it is far too easy for abusers to utilize religious norms to cover their tracks. While Dodd is pro-religion, she is anti-religious abuse. Some examples of religious issues Dodd addresses in her advocacy are purity culture, and the belief that disabled people are disabled due to “lack of faith.”

You can find interviews with Dodd her on the "Bare Marriage" podcast, the "Unverified" podcast, the "Life After MLM" podcast, and "SEND in the Experts with Georgina Durrant." You can read her writings in Wishbone Words magazine and The Creative Zine.

Dodd is a strong supporter of the Neurodiversity movement.

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