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id="toc-1980s–1990s:_Autistic-run_organizations,_newsletters,_and_conferences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980s–1990s:_Autistic-run_organizations,_newsletters,_and_conferences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>1980s–1990s: Autistic-run organizations, newsletters, and conferences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980s–1990s:_Autistic-run_organizations,_newsletters,_and_conferences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000s–2010s:_The_rise_of_self-advocacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000s–2010s:_The_rise_of_self-advocacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>2000s–2010s: The rise of self-advocacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000s–2010s:_The_rise_of_self-advocacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020–present" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Perspectives subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Perspectives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Autism_diagnosis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_diagnosis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Autism diagnosis</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_diagnosis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rejection_of_functioning_labels" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rejection_of_functioning_labels"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Rejection of functioning labels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rejection_of_functioning_labels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Opposition_to_cure_and_prevention" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Opposition_to_cure_and_prevention"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Opposition to cure and prevention</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Opposition_to_cure_and_prevention-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autistic_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autistic_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Autistic culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autistic_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Self_advocacy_and_inclusion_in_decision-making" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Self_advocacy_and_inclusion_in_decision-making"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Self advocacy and inclusion in decision-making</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Self_advocacy_and_inclusion_in_decision-making-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autism_interventions_and_therapies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_interventions_and_therapies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Autism interventions and therapies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_interventions_and_therapies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Criticism_of_Autism_Speaks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Criticism_of_Autism_Speaks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Criticism of Autism Speaks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Criticism_of_Autism_Speaks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autism_rights_groups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_rights_groups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Autism rights groups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_rights_groups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events_and_activities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events_and_activities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Events and activities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Events_and_activities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Terminology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Terminology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Terminology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Terminology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autistic_pride" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autistic_pride"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Autistic pride</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autistic_pride-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autistic_culture_and_community" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autistic_culture_and_community"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Autistic culture and community</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autistic_culture_and_community-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable events</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_events-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable events subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-World_Autism_Awareness_Day" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Autism_Awareness_Day"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>World Autism Awareness Day</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Autism_Awareness_Day-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autism_Sunday" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_Sunday"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Autism Sunday</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_Sunday-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autism_Awareness_Year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_Awareness_Year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Autism Awareness Year</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_Awareness_Year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autistic_Pride_Day" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autistic_Pride_Day"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Autistic Pride Day</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autistic_Pride_Day-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autistics_Speaking_Day" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autistics_Speaking_Day"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Autistics Speaking Day</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autistics_Speaking_Day-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autism_Acceptance_Project" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_Acceptance_Project"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6</span> <span>Autism Acceptance Project</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_Acceptance_Project-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autism_Acceptance_Day" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autism_Acceptance_Day"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.7</span> <span>Autism Acceptance Day</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autism_Acceptance_Day-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autreat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autreat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.8</span> <span>Autreat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autreat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scholarship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scholarship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Scholarship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scholarship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_portrayals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_portrayals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Media portrayals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_portrayals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_individuals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_individuals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notable individuals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_individuals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Controversies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input 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href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B4_%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%85" title="جنبش حقوق اوتیسم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جنبش حقوق اوتیسم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouvement_pour_les_droits_des_personnes_autistes" title="Mouvement pour les droits des personnes autistes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mouvement pour les droits des personnes autistes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%ED%8F%90_%EA%B6%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EC%9A%B4%EB%8F%99" title="자폐 권리 운동 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="자폐 권리 운동" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerakan_hak_autisme" title="Gerakan hak autisme – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gerakan hak autisme" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_per_i_diritti_delle_persone_autistiche" title="Movimento per i diritti delle persone autistiche – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Movimento per i diritti delle persone autistiche" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/klutiksi%27o_pe_le_sezga%27o" title="klutiksi&#039;o pe le sezga&#039;o – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="klutiksi&#039;o pe le sezga&#039;o" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autismebeweging" title="Autismebeweging – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Autismebeweging" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%AA%E9%96%89%E8%80%85%E3%81%AE%E6%A8%A9%E5%88%A9%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95" title="自閉者の権利運動 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="自閉者の権利運動" data-language-autonym="日本語" 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The symbol represents the infinite potential and diversity of the autistic community, reflecting the unique strengths and qualities of each autistic individual..<sup id="cite_ref-symbol_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-symbol-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>autism rights movement</b>, also known as the <b>autistic acceptance movement</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Social_movement" title="Social movement">social movement</a> allied with the <a href="/wiki/Disability_rights_movement" title="Disability rights movement">disability rights movement</a>. It emphasizes the <a href="/wiki/Neurodiversity_paradigm" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurodiversity paradigm">neurodiversity paradigm</a>, viewing <a href="/wiki/Autism" title="Autism">autism</a> as a set of naturally occurring variations in <a href="/wiki/Human_cognition" class="mw-redirect" title="Human cognition">human cognition</a>, a disability with both strengths and weaknesses, rather than as a disease to be cured or a medical disorder.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This paradigm contradicts and diverges from the <a href="/wiki/Medical_model_of_disability" title="Medical model of disability">medical model of disability</a>, without opposing all aspects of it.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Central to the autism rights movement's beliefs is the right to self-determine if one is part of the autism community, that autistic people should be seen as the primary voice for autistic people, and that autistic people have the final say in what language should be used when talking about autism. A common motto used by the autism rights movement, borrowed from the disability rights movement, is the phrase "nothing about us without us".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKapp2020131_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKapp2020131-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Autism rights movement advocates strive for widespread acceptance of people with autism, as well as the traits and behaviors (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Stimming" title="Stimming">stimming</a>, lack of eye contact, and <a href="/wiki/Special_interest_(autism)" title="Special interest (autism)">special interests</a>) associated with autism, for autistic people to socialize on their own terms,<sup id="cite_ref-Autreat_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Autreat-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and to mitigate the <a href="/wiki/Double_empathy_problem" title="Double empathy problem">double empathy problem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The movement seeks to reform, advance, and foster autism-oriented support services, interventions or therapies in accordance with neurodiversity principles to emphasize coping skills for challenging situations,<sup id="cite_ref-Bigthink_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bigthink-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> promote adaptive skills, and promote psychological well-being and mental health, through incorporating voices and perspectives of autistic people in intervention reforms, advancements, and developments.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The movement criticizes therapies and interventions that—implicitly or explicitly—encourage <a href="/wiki/Autistic_masking" title="Autistic masking">masking</a> behaviors associated with autism and imitating neurotypical social behaviors,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as higher tendencies of camouflaging, <a href="/wiki/Autistic_masking" title="Autistic masking">autistic masking</a>, or passing as neurotypical are associated with worse mental health outcomes according to most recent studies and multiple systematic reviews<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and some autistic adults who experienced some forms of behavioral interventions reported adverse effects such as detrimental effects on their mental health due to increased or excessive camouflaging or masking.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The movement also advocates for autistic people to be recognized as a <a href="/wiki/Minority_group" title="Minority group">minority group</a> rather than as having a disorder. Within the autism rights movement, autism is often compared to different variations in human biology not categorized as disorders, such as <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jaarsma20122_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaarsma20122-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s–1990s:_Autistic-run_organizations,_newsletters,_and_conferences"><span id="1980s.E2.80.931990s:_Autistic-run_organizations.2C_newsletters.2C_and_conferences"></span>1980s–1990s: Autistic-run organizations, newsletters, and conferences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: 1980s–1990s: Autistic-run organizations, newsletters, and conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sinclair_(activist)" title="Jim Sinclair (activist)">Jim Sinclair</a> is credited as the first person to communicate the autism rights perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early 1990s, Sinclair frequently participated in autism conferences led by parent-centric organizations but found them "overwhelmingly hostile from both sensory and emotional standpoints".<sup id="cite_ref-Dinh_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dinh-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1992, Sinclair co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Autism_Network_International" title="Autism Network International">Autism Network International</a> (ANI) with <a href="/wiki/Donna_Williams" title="Donna Williams">Donna Williams</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathy_Grant&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kathy Grant (page does not exist)">Kathy Grant</a>, an organization that publishes newsletters "written by and for autistic people." </p><p>The ANI newsletter, <i>Our Voice</i>, had its first issue distributed online in November 1992 to an audience of primarily neurotypical professionals and parents of young autistic children. The number of autistic people in the organization increased over the years, and ANI eventually became a communication network for like-minded autistic people.<sup id="cite_ref-ANIHist_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANIHist-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sinclair wrote the essay "Don't Mourn for Us" (1993) in the ANI newsletter (Volume 1, Number 3) with an anti-cure perspective on autism.<sup id="cite_ref-2DontMourn_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2DontMourn-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (September 2024)">like whom?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> have considered the essay a touchstone for the autism rights movement, and it has been mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Magazine">New York Magazine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2Solomon_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2Solomon-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>ANI established the yearly retreat "<a href="/wiki/Autreat" class="mw-redirect" title="Autreat">Autreat</a>" in 1996. Autreat was a retreat and conference held in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> specifically for autistic people<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was held every year from 1996 to 2013, except in 2001. The theme of the first conference in 1996 was "Celebrating Autistic Culture", and it had close to 60 participants. It was hosted at Camp Bristol Hills in <a href="/wiki/Canandaigua_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Canandaigua (city), New York">Canandaigua, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ValuablePart_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ValuablePart-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The success of Autreat later inspired similar retreats, such as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_for_Autistic_Community&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Association for Autistic Community (page does not exist)">Association for Autistic Community</a>'s conference, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Autspace&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Autspace (page does not exist)">Autspace</a>, in the United States;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Autscape&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Autscape (page does not exist)">Autscape</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Projekt_Empowerment&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Projekt Empowerment (page does not exist)">Projekt Empowerment</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martijn_Dekker&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Martijn Dekker (page does not exist)">Martijn Dekker</a>, an autistic computer programmer from the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, launched an e-mail list called "Independent Living on the Autism Spectrum", or "InLv", in 1996. The list also welcomed those with similar conditions, such as <a href="/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder" title="Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder">ADHD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dyscalculia" title="Dyscalculia">dyscalculia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ValuablePart_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ValuablePart-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> American writer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Blume&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Harvey Blume (page does not exist)">Harvey Blume</a> was a member of the list<sup id="cite_ref-ValuablePart_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ValuablePart-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and described it as embracing "neurological pluralism" in a 1997 article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BlumeNYT_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlumeNYT-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Blume discussed the concept of neurological diversity with <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> sociologist <a href="/wiki/Judy_Singer" title="Judy Singer">Judy Singer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The term "<a href="/wiki/Neurodiversity" title="Neurodiversity">neurodiversity</a>" was first published in Judy Singer's 1998 Honours thesis<sup id="cite_ref-OddPeopleIn_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OddPeopleIn-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESinger2017&#91;&#91;Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_December_2024&#93;&#93;&lt;sup_class=&quot;noprint_Inline-Template_&quot;_style=&quot;white-space:nowrap;&quot;&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;i&gt;&#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Citing_sources&#124;&lt;span_title=&quot;This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&amp;#32;(December_2024)&quot;&gt;page&amp;nbsp;needed&lt;/span&gt;&#93;&#93;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/sup&gt;_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESinger2017[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_December_2024]]&lt;sup_class=&quot;noprint_Inline-Template_&quot;_style=&quot;white-space:nowrap;&quot;&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;i&gt;[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|&lt;span_title=&quot;This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&amp;#32;(December_2024)&quot;&gt;page&amp;nbsp;needed&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/sup&gt;-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in Harvey Blume's 1998 article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s–2010s:_The_rise_of_self-advocacy"><span id="2000s.E2.80.932010s:_The_rise_of_self-advocacy"></span>2000s–2010s: The rise of self-advocacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 2000s–2010s: The rise of self-advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Aspies_For_Freedom" title="Aspies For Freedom">Aspies For Freedom</a> (AFF) was founded in 2004. They established June 18 as <a href="/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day" title="Autistic Pride Day">Autistic Pride Day</a> starting in 2005. AFF member Joe Mele initiated a protest against the <a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_for_Autism_Research" title="National Alliance for Autism Research">National Alliance for Autism Research</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> AFF also initiated protests against <a href="/wiki/Cure_Autism_Now" class="mw-redirect" title="Cure Autism Now">Cure Autism Now</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Judge_Rotenberg_Center" title="Judge Rotenberg Center">Judge Rotenberg Center</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>In 2004, Canadian autism researcher <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Dawson" title="Michelle Dawson">Michelle Dawson</a> challenged <a href="/wiki/Applied_behavior_analysis" title="Applied behavior analysis">applied behavior analysis</a> (ABA), a common behavioral intervention for people with autism, on ethical grounds. She testified in <i><a href="/wiki/Auton_(Guardian_ad_litem_of)_v._British_Columbia_(Attorney_General)" class="mw-redirect" title="Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General)">Auton v. British Columbia</a></i> against the lack of required government funding for ABA.<sup id="cite_ref-RogerCollier_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RogerCollier-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That same year, <i>The New York Times</i> covered the autism rights perspective by publishing journalist <a href="/wiki/Amy_Harmon" title="Amy Harmon">Amy Harmon</a>'s article, "How About Not Curing Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading".<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_Acceptance_Project&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Autism Acceptance Project (page does not exist)">The Autism Acceptance Project</a> (TAAP) was founded by Estée Klar, the mother of an autistic child, with help from an autistic advisory and board.<sup id="cite_ref-taaproject_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taaproject-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The project is affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network" title="Autistic Self Advocacy Network">Autistic Self Advocacy Network</a> (ASAN) and other activist groups in North America. </p><p>From 2005 to 2007, TAAP organized arts-based events.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> TAAP also sponsored the Joy of Autism: Redefining Ability and Quality of Life events and lectures in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, featuring dozens of autistic artists and speakers such as <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sinclair_(activist)" title="Jim Sinclair (activist)">Jim Sinclair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Dawson" title="Michelle Dawson">Michelle Dawson</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Schwartz&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Phil Schwartz (page does not exist)">Phil Schwartz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morton_Ann_Gernsbacher" title="Morton Ann Gernsbacher">Morton Ann Gernsbacher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bissonnette" title="Larry Bissonnette">Larry Bissonnette</a>. </p><p>In 2007, an ASAN initiative helped halt the New York Child Study Campaign. The advertising campaign launched in 2007 depicted conditions like autism and ADHD as kidnappers holding children for ransom.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The campaign was canceled two weeks after its launch when the center's director had received an estimated 3000 e-mails and phone calls, most of them "expressing anger and hurt".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ASAN halted another advertising campaign in 2008 where <a href="/wiki/PETA" class="mw-redirect" title="PETA">PETA</a> had implied a link between autism and <a href="/wiki/Gluten-free,_casein-free_diet" title="Gluten-free, casein-free diet">casein</a> in milk.<sup id="cite_ref-peta.org_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peta.org-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phone calls, letters, and petitions organized by ASAN contributed to the removal of the advertisements.<sup id="cite_ref-PETA_Billboard_Removal_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PETA_Billboard_Removal-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The internet has provided a space for members of the autism movement to organize and communicate independently without relying on non-autistic people, such as family members, healthcare workers, or events hosted by non-autistic individuals, especially considering the geographical distance and communication and speech patterns of autistic individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-ANIHist_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANIHist-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–present"><span id="2020.E2.80.93present"></span>2020–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 2020–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> caused a drop-off in physical events in the summer of 2020, including <a href="/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day" title="Autistic Pride Day">autism pride</a> events. Much of autism awareness and campaigning was driven by social media, including the notable growth of <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> and the emergence of autistic advocates like <a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Hayden" title="Chloé Hayden">Chloé Hayden</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Paige_Layle" title="Paige Layle">Paige Layle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Autism advocacy made progress within the traditional media, making its way into influential business publications such as <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_Review" title="Harvard Business Review">Harvard Business Review</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Fast_Company" title="Fast Company">Fast Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A comprehensive approach to inclusion in the workplace, the Canary Code, was developed in 2022 by Ludmila Praslova, specifically focusing on autistic talent and other marginalized communities.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neurodiversity_and_autistic_self-advocacy_movement">Neurodiversity and autistic self-advocacy movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Neurodiversity and autistic self-advocacy movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Neurodiversity" title="Neurodiversity">Neurodiversity</a></div> <p>Judy Singer coined the term <i>neurodiversity</i> in the late 1990s as a middle ground between the two dominating models of disability, the <a href="/wiki/Medical_model_of_disability" title="Medical model of disability">medical model</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Social_model_of_disability" title="Social model of disability">social model</a>, dismissing both of them as insufficiently capturing the solution for—and cause of—disability.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESinger201710_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESinger201710-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steve Silberman describes neurodiversity as seeing the virtue of different conditions while taking into consideration that the conditions also convey challenges.<sup id="cite_ref-.ca_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-.ca-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Autistics for Autistics, a self-advocacy group, describes neurodiversity this way: "Neurodiversity means that—like biodiversity—all of us have a role to play in society ...and we should be valued for who we are. Included in public life, such as school and employment. For nonverbal autistics, this also means equal and fair access to communication, such as AAC."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The autistic self-advocacy movement, made up of autistic individuals, works from a social model of disability perspective. For example, the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network describes its mandate as "to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Autistic people are considered to have neurocognitive differences<sup id="cite_ref-Bloomsbury_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloomsbury-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> that give them distinct strengths and weaknesses, and they are capable of succeeding when appropriately accommodated and supported.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Different_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Different-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Ludmila Praslova, author of <i>The Canary Code</i>, creating systems that support the <a href="/wiki/Employment_of_autistic_people" title="Employment of autistic people">employment of autistic people</a> and their success through organizational transparency, justice, and flexibility benefits all employees.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no leader of the neurodiversity movement, and little academic research has been conducted on it as a social phenomenon. As such, proponents of the neurodiversity approach have heterogeneous beliefs<sup id="cite_ref-Bloomsbury_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloomsbury-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but are consistent in the view that autism cannot be separated from an autistic person.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The movement opposes therapies that aim to make children "indistinguishable from their peers".<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Instead, they advocate for accommodations in schools and work environments<sup id="cite_ref-Future_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Future-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nothing_About_Us_Without_Us" class="mw-redirect" title="Nothing About Us Without Us">including autistic people</a> when making decisions that affect them.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Neurodiversity advocates oppose researching a "cure" for autism, and instead support research that helps autistic people thrive as they are.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>An analysis of data from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> in 2017 found evidence that autistic or intellectually disabled self-advocates are rarely involved in leadership or decision-making within organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It also showed that poverty, unpaid positions at disability organisations, and lack of support are significant barriers for most autistic people, including autistic people with an intellectual disability who wish to self-advocate.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perspectives">Perspectives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Perspectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autism_diagnosis">Autism diagnosis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Autism diagnosis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network_symbol.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The seven-colored heptagon of ASAN" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network_symbol.gif/160px-Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network_symbol.gif" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network_symbol.gif/240px-Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network_symbol.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network_symbol.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption>The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) uses a seven-colored <a href="/wiki/Heptagon" title="Heptagon">heptagonal</a> symbol to represent both the autistic spectrum and the idea of diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-symbol_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-symbol-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The autism rights movement rejects the classification by <a href="/wiki/Psychiatrists" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychiatrists">psychiatrists</a> of autism as a disorder.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Advocates within the movement seem to have varied opinions (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Autistic self-advocates<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (October 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> also reject terming the reported increase in autism diagnoses as an "<a href="/wiki/Epidemic" title="Epidemic">epidemic</a>" since the word implies autism is a disease and point out that the increase is likely due to an expansion of diagnostic criteria rather than an epidemic.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rejection_of_functioning_labels">Rejection of functioning labels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Rejection of functioning labels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The autism rights movement rejects the use of the labels "high-functioning" and "low-functioning" when describing different autistic people, arguing that the strengths and struggles of autistic people are on a spectrum and not linear.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Anti-cure_perspective"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_to_cure_and_prevention">Opposition to cure and prevention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Opposition to cure and prevention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The autism rights movement opposes "curing" autism,<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> criticizing the idea as misguided and dangerous. Instead, autism is viewed as a way of life and advocate acceptance over a search for a cure.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodford_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodford-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The autism rights movement is a part of the larger disability rights movement and acknowledges the <a href="/wiki/Social_model_of_disability" title="Social model of disability">social model of disability</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltz2013&#91;&#91;Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_December_2024&#93;&#93;&lt;sup_class=&quot;noprint_Inline-Template_&quot;_style=&quot;white-space:nowrap;&quot;&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;i&gt;&#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Citing_sources&#124;&lt;span_title=&quot;This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&amp;#32;(December_2024)&quot;&gt;page&amp;nbsp;needed&lt;/span&gt;&#93;&#93;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/sup&gt;_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltz2013[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_December_2024]]&lt;sup_class=&quot;noprint_Inline-Template_&quot;_style=&quot;white-space:nowrap;&quot;&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;i&gt;[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|&lt;span_title=&quot;This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&amp;#32;(December_2024)&quot;&gt;page&amp;nbsp;needed&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/sup&gt;-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Within the model, struggles faced by autistic people are viewed as discrimination rather than deficiencies. </p><p>Autism rights activists are opposed to attempts to eliminate autism genes, and argue that doing so would decrease <a href="/wiki/Human_genetic_variation" title="Human genetic variation">human genetic diversity</a>. In particular, there is opposition to prenatal <a href="/wiki/Genetic_testing" title="Genetic testing">genetic testing</a> of autism in fetuses, which some believe might be possible in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 23 February 2005, Joseph Buxbaum of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_Genome_Project&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Autism Genome Project (page does not exist)">Autism Genome Project</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Icahn_School_of_Medicine_at_Mount_Sinai" title="Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai">Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</a> said there could be a prenatal test for autism within 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/Causes_of_autism" title="Causes of autism">genetics of autism</a> have proven to be extremely complex.<sup id="cite_ref-Freitag_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freitag-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A wider debate on the <a href="/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics">ethics</a> involved in the possible elimination of a <a href="/wiki/Genotype" title="Genotype">genotype</a> that has advantages as well as disadvantages, has focused on possible negative effects of tampering with <a href="/wiki/Natural_selection" title="Natural selection">natural selection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some people<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (September 2024)">who?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> lament that professionals, such as social workers, may discourage autistic people from having children.<sup id="cite_ref-TrivediProud_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrivediProud-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Activists are concerned that the "ultimate cure will be a genetic test to prevent autistic children from being born"<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and that most fetuses with so-called "autism genes" would be aborted if prenatal tests for autism are developed.<sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The anti-cure perspective is the view of <a href="/wiki/Autism_spectrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Autism spectrum">autism</a> as a normal occurrence—an alternate variation in brain wiring or a less common expression of the human genome—rather than a disorder. Advocates of this perspective believe that autism is a unique way of being that should be valued, and efforts to eliminate autism should not be compared to curing cancer but instead to the "efforts of a previous age to cure <a href="/wiki/Left-handedness" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-handedness">left-handedness</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activist <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sinclair_(activist)" title="Jim Sinclair (activist)">Jim Sinclair</a> expresses in his essay "Don't Mourn For Us" that wishing that an autistic person be cured is equivalent to wishing that an entirely different person exists in their place.<sup id="cite_ref-DontMourn_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DontMourn-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canadian autism researcher <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Dawson" title="Michelle Dawson">Michelle Dawson</a> writes that "No one has yet calculated the costs to autistics, and to society, of the current widespread autism advocacy effort to create a world where there are no autistic people at all."<sup id="cite_ref-burden_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burden-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Temple_Grandin" title="Temple Grandin">Temple Grandin</a> comments that if autism were eliminated, society would lose scientists, musicians, and mathematicians; a <a href="/wiki/Neanderthal" title="Neanderthal">caveman</a> "with high-functioning Asperger's" might have developed the stone spear.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Grandin_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grandin-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most autistic self-advocates agree<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="&#39;most autistic self-advocates&#39; is not supported by the current source given (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> that autistic people should not be made to act exactly like everyone else but that society should accommodate their disability and that autism services should focus on quality of life rather than <a href="/wiki/Conformity" title="Conformity">conformity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RogerCollier_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RogerCollier-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autistic_culture">Autistic culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Autistic culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Societal_and_cultural_aspects_of_autism" title="Societal and cultural aspects of autism">Societal and cultural aspects of autism</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png/220px-Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png/330px-Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png/440px-Neurodiversity_Crowd_2.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Autistic art representing the natural diversity of human minds</figcaption></figure> <p>Some autistic activists<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> suggest that life with autism is like being born among people who speak a different language, follow a religion or philosophy one does not share, and live a lifestyle that feels alien. Social media, meetups, and specific professions are spaces where autistic people connect and may share common interests.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Self_advocacy_and_inclusion_in_decision-making">Self advocacy and inclusion in decision-making</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Self advocacy and inclusion in decision-making"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A common theme expressed among autism rights activists and neurodiversity groups<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> is that they are different from parent- and professional-led organizations and conferences that dominate the autism scene. </p><p>In 2003, autism researcher <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Dawson" title="Michelle Dawson">Michelle Dawson</a> criticizes the norm of allowing parents to speak on behalf of their autistic children at conferences to the exclusion of autistics: "With the happy and proud collaboration of governments, courts, researchers, service providers, and funding bodies", she says, "parents have succeeded in removing autistics from the vicinity of any important discussions or decisions." She says that the exclusion results in policy and treatment decisions being made solely by individuals who do not directly experience autism.<sup id="cite_ref-Bettelheim_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bettelheim-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Autism rights activist <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sinclair_(activist)" title="Jim Sinclair (activist)">Jim Sinclair</a> states that autism conferences are traditionally geared toward neurotypical parents and professionals, and that to an autistic person they may be quite "hostile" in terms of sensory stimulation and rigidity.<sup id="cite_ref-ANIHist_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANIHist-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Ethical_challenges_to_autism_treatment"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autism_interventions_and_therapies">Autism interventions and therapies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Autism interventions and therapies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Autism_therapies" title="Autism therapies">Autism therapies</a></div> <p>In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Aspies_For_Freedom" title="Aspies For Freedom">Aspies For Freedom</a> (AFF) stated that they believe many unethical therapies and treatments for autism have become common. AFF argued that extensive—40 hours per week—<a href="/wiki/Applied_behavior_analysis" title="Applied behavior analysis">applied behavior analysis</a> (ABA) and restricting <a href="/wiki/Stimming" title="Stimming">stimming</a> and other coping mechanisms associated with autism are mentally harmful, that <a href="/wiki/Aversion_therapy" title="Aversion therapy">aversion therapy</a> and the use of restraints are physically harmful, and that non-medically approved treatments like <a href="/wiki/Chelation_therapy" title="Chelation therapy">chelation therapy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Exorcism" title="Exorcism">exorcism</a> are dangerous.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) human rights experts have expressed that autistic people are particularly at risk for harmful medical practices and some approaches amount to "ill-treatment or torture."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canadian autism self-advocate <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Dawson" title="Michelle Dawson">Michelle Dawson</a> testified in court against government funding of ABA therapy.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawson_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawson-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Canadian organization Autistics for Autistics (A4A) has outlined some of the main objections to ABA from autistic self-advocates.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AUDIENCE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AUDIENCE"><span title="An editor has requested that examples be provided. (December 2024)">examples needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Jane Meyerding, who is autistic, criticized therapy that attempts to remove autism typical behaviors and states that the behaviors are often attempts to communicate.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Studies have shown that efforts to pass as non-autistic is associated with poorer mental health and psychological well-being,<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and such findings were consistent across various age groups.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There have been accounts and qualitative evidence that some forms of behavioral interventions increase masking or worsen mental health for some autistic people.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> American autism rights advocate <a href="/wiki/Ari_Ne%27eman" title="Ari Ne&#39;eman">Ari Ne'erman</a> argues that by addressing individual traits of autism, it is possible to reduce harmful behavior and avoid encouraging camouflaging behaviors.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism_of_Autism_Speaks">Criticism of Autism Speaks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Criticism of Autism Speaks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Autism_Speaks#Views" title="Autism Speaks">Autism Speaks §&#160;Views</a></div> <p>Autism Speaks has faced criticism from autism rights advocates for failing to represent autistic people and for exploitative practices.<sup id="cite_ref-condemnation_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-condemnation-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until he resigned in 2013, <a href="/wiki/John_Elder_Robison" title="John Elder Robison">John Elder Robison</a> was Autism Speaks' only board member openly recognized as being on the autism spectrum. His resignation came two days after the release of an op-ed by the group's co-founder Suzanne Wright which, according to Robison, "is simply not defensible for someone who feels as I do, and I cannot continue to stand up for the public actions of an organization that makes the same mistakes over and over again by failing to connect to the community it purports to represent".<sup id="cite_ref-Robison_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robison-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Simone Greggs, the mother of an autistic child, filed a lawsuit against Autism Speaks for <a href="/wiki/Disability_discrimination" class="mw-redirect" title="Disability discrimination">disability discrimination</a> after her job offer was rescinded. The suit alleges that she lost the job offer due to asking for an accommodation on behalf of her autistic son.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawsuit_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawsuit-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Autism Speaks has produced the documentary films <i><a href="/wiki/Autism_Every_Day" title="Autism Every Day">Autism Every Day</a></i> (2006) and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sounding_the_Alarm&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sounding the Alarm (page does not exist)">Sounding the Alarm</a></i> (2014) and the short video <i>I Am Autism</i> (2009), each met with strong opposition from autism rights advocates.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> <i>Autism Every Day</i> is a documentary featuring interviews of parents with mostly negative opinions about autism and their situations. It has been criticized<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (November 2024)">by whom?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> due to parents speaking about their children as if they are not there. In one interview, former board member <a href="/wiki/Alison_Singer" title="Alison Singer">Alison Singer</a>, while in the same room as her autistic daughter, reveals she had contemplated driving herself and her daughter off a bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-murray_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-murray-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>I Am Autism</i> is a short video that personifies autism as a narrative voice, which compares itself to several life-threatening diseases<sup id="cite_ref-Transcript_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transcript-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and makes the false claim<sup id="cite_ref-Divorce_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Divorce-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of causing divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Sounding the Alarm</i> is a documentary exploring the transition to adulthood and the cost of lifetime care. It was criticized by the Autistic Women &amp; Nonbinary Network for being "full of dehumanizing rhetoric" and portraying ignorance of nonverbal communication.<sup id="cite_ref-SoundingTheAlarm_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoundingTheAlarm-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Autism Speaks fundraising events have been the object of several organized protests by autism rights advocates.<sup id="cite_ref-JoinTheProtest_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JoinTheProtest-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HoyaProtest_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoyaProtest-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASANProtest_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASANProtest-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the organization Boycott Autism Speaks published a list of companies that donate money to Autism Speaks along with their contact information, urging those in the autistic community to pressure those companies into dropping their support via an active <a href="/wiki/Boycott" title="Boycott">boycott</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BAS_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BAS-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> since direct appeals to Autism Speaks did not result in the desired changes. A month later, ASAN published its 2014 Joint Letter to the Sponsors of Autism Speaks, signed by 26 different disability-related organizations, appealing to the moral responsibility of the sponsors, donors, and other supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-JointLetter_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JointLetter-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autism_rights_groups">Autism rights groups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Autism rights groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several organizations in the autism rights movement. Some like ASAN are led exclusively by autistic people, while others such as Autism National Committee encourage cooperation between autistic people and their non-autistic allies. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year founded </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Description </th> <th scope="col">Nonprofit status </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Autism-Europe" title="Autism-Europe">Autism-Europe</a> (AE) </td> <td>An international network association located in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, Belgium, whose main objective is to advance the rights of autistic people and their families and to help them improve their quality of life. Autism-Europe does this primarily by representing autistic people and their families in advocacy work with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> institutions. </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">International non-profit organisation (aisbl) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2009 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Play_Me,_Pay_Me&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Don&#39;t Play Me, Pay Me (page does not exist)">Don't Play Me, Pay Me</a> </td> <td>UK campaign focusing on <a href="/wiki/Asperger_syndrome" title="Asperger syndrome">Asperger syndrome</a>, encouraging and supporting disabled actors.<sup id="cite_ref-BlackingUp_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlackingUp-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">None </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternative_Baseball_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternative Baseball Organization">Alternative Baseball Organization</a> (ABO) </td> <td>Adaptive baseball/softball organization formed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Taylor_C._Duncan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Taylor C. Duncan (page does not exist)">Taylor C. Duncan</a> in 2016 to raise awareness and acceptance for autistic teens and adults through sport.<sup id="cite_ref-AJC_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJC-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Washington_Autism_Alliance&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Washington Autism Alliance (page does not exist)">Washington Autism Alliance</a> (WAA) </td> <td>Washington state organization formed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arzu_Forough&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Arzu Forough (page does not exist)">Arzu Forough</a> in 2008 to advocate for WA state individual access balanced with systems change advocacy and policy reform.<sup id="cite_ref-WAA_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAA-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events_and_activities">Events and activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Events and activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Autism activist activities do not always look like other forms of political activism. For example, many autistic people cannot participate in in-person public protests due to <a href="/wiki/Sensory_overload" title="Sensory overload">sensory overload</a> from the noise.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other cultural assumptions about the correct way to engage in activism, such as "giving people a voice", are not consistent with valuing <a href="/wiki/Non-speaking_autistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-speaking autistic">non-speaking autistic</a> people.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Autistics_Speaking_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Autistics Speaking Day">Autistics Speaking Day</a> was a response to the then-upcoming first commemoration of <a href="/wiki/Communication_Shutdown" title="Communication Shutdown">Communication Shutdown</a>. The annual Communication Shutdown event encourages non-autistics to refrain from using social networking websites for one day as a <a href="/wiki/Empathy" title="Empathy">perspective-taking</a> exercise,<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while Autistics Speaking Day encourages autistic people to become <i>more</i> active on social media and to describe their experiences during a time when there are fewer <a href="/wiki/Neurotypical" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurotypical">neurotypical</a> voices in the mix.</li> <li>In 2012, autistic activist Zoe Gross organized the first <a href="/wiki/Disability_Day_of_Mourning" title="Disability Day of Mourning">Disability Day of Mourning</a> vigil held in memory of people with disabilities murdered by family members or caregivers.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AsanMourning_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AsanMourning-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These vigils are now held annually on 1 March globally, often by local <a href="/wiki/Self-advocacy" title="Self-advocacy">self-advocacy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Disability_rights_movement" title="Disability rights movement">disability rights</a> groups.<sup id="cite_ref-AsanMourning_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AsanMourning-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2015, autistic activist Alanna Rose Whitney created the social media campaign #WalkInRed, later rebranded #RedInstead to be more inclusive of wheelchair users, as another alternative to Light It Up Blue.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Autism rights activists organize protests against organizations they consider objectionable, most notably <a href="/wiki/Autism_Speaks" title="Autism Speaks">Autism Speaks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Judge_Rotenberg_Center" title="Judge Rotenberg Center">Judge Rotenberg Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the United States, activists affiliated with ASAN have organized numerous protests against Autism Speaks events, typically protesting and leafleting at fundraising walks.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Autistic activists including <a href="/wiki/Shain_Neumeier" title="Shain Neumeier">Shain Neumeier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lydia_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Lydia Brown">Lydia Brown</a> have organized lobbying days and protests aiming to close or more strictly regulate the Judge Rotenberg Center.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is disagreement within the autism community on whether to use person-first terminology (e.g., <i>person with autism</i>) or identity-first terminology (e.g., <i>autistic person</i>). The autism rights movement encourages the use of identity-first terminology<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to stress that autism is a part of an individual's identity rather than a condition they have. </p><p>Phrases like <i>suffers from autism</i> are objectionable to many people,<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and are discouraged by both the American Psychological Association's style guide and National Center on Disability and Journalism's style guide.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The autistic community has developed their own terminology such as: </p> <ul><li><i>Aspie</i> – a person with <a href="/wiki/Asperger_syndrome" title="Asperger syndrome">Asperger's syndrome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Not as frequently used with Aspergers being removed as an official diagnosis.</li> <li><i>Autie</i> – an autistic person.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitchell_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitchell-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Autistics and cousins</i> (AC) – a cover term including aspies, auties, and their "cousins", i.e., people with some autistic traits but no formal diagnosis<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Curebie</i> – a person with the desire to cure autism. This term is considered derogatory.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neurodiversity" title="Neurodiversity">Neurodiversity</a></i> – the framework for understanding some disabilities, such as autism, as a variation in human <a href="/wiki/Neurology" title="Neurology">neurological</a> makeup rather than a disorder.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neurotypical" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurotypical">Neurotypical</a></i> (<i>NT</i>) – a person who does not have any neurological differences. It is often used to describe an individual who is not autistic.</li> <li><i>Allistic</i> – a person who is not autistic.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Originally it was used satirically to describe those without autism.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autistic_pride">Autistic pride</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Autistic pride"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day" title="Autistic Pride Day">Autistic Pride Day</a></div> <p>Autistic pride refers to being pride of being autistic and promotes the idea that autistic people are not defective.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Autistic pride emphasizes the variation and diversity in human neurology. </p><p>Autistic pride asserts that autistic people are not impaired or damaged; rather, they have a unique set of characteristics that provide them many rewards and challenges, not unlike their non-autistic peers.<sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPRAutism_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPRAutism-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-INTO_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INTO-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autistic_culture_and_community">Autistic culture and community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Autistic culture and community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="389" data-mwtitle="Bookbits_-_2011-05-03_John_Elder_Robison-Be_Different.vorb.oga" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Bookbits_-_2011-05-03_John_Elder_Robison-Be_Different.vorb.oga"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bookbits_-_2011-05-03_John_Elder_Robison-Be_Different.vorb.oga" type="audio/ogg; codecs=&quot;vorbis&quot;" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/Bookbits_-_2011-05-03_John_Elder_Robison-Be_Different.vorb.oga/Bookbits_-_2011-05-03_John_Elder_Robison-Be_Different.vorb.oga.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Elder_Robison" title="John Elder Robison">John Elder Robison</a> talks about Be Different on Bookbits radio.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the recent increases in autism recognition and new approaches to educating and socializing autistics, an autistic culture has begun to develop. Autistic culture is based on a belief that autism is a unique way of being and not a disorder to be cured.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <i>Aspie world</i>, as it is sometimes called, contains people with <a href="/wiki/Asperger_syndrome" title="Asperger syndrome">Asperger syndrome</a> (AS) and <a href="/wiki/High_functioning_autism" class="mw-redirect" title="High functioning autism">high functioning autism</a> (HFA), and can be linked to three historical trends: the emergence of AS and HFA as labels, the emergence of the <a href="/wiki/Disability_rights_movement" title="Disability rights movement">disability rights movement</a>, and the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>. Autistic communities exist both online and offline; many people use these for support and communication with others like themselves, as the social limitations of autism sometimes make it difficult to make friends, to establish support within general society, and to construct an identity within society.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because many autistics find it easier to communicate online than in person, a large number of online resources are available.<sup id="cite_ref-NPRAutism_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPRAutism-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some autistic individuals learn <a href="/wiki/Sign_language" title="Sign language">sign language</a>, participate in online <a href="/wiki/Chat_room" title="Chat room">chat rooms</a>, discussion boards, and websites, or use communication devices at autism-community social events. The Internet helps bypass non-verbal cues and emotional sharing that autistics tend to have difficulty with.<sup id="cite_ref-BlumeNYT_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlumeNYT-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlumeMIT_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlumeMIT-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It gives autistic individuals a way to communicate and form online communities.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conducting work, conversation and interviews online in chat rooms, rather than via phone calls or personal contact, helps level the playing field for many autistics.<sup id="cite_ref-TrivediProud_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrivediProud-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A <i>New York Times</i> article said "the impact of the Internet on autistics may one day be compared in magnitude to the spread of sign language among the deaf" because it opens new opportunities for communication by filtering out "sensory overload that impedes communication among autistics."<sup id="cite_ref-BlumeNYT_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlumeNYT-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_events">Notable events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Notable events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Origin </th> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Event </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col">When </th> <th rowspan="2" nowrap="" scope="col">Occurrence </th></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Alfa"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations"><img alt="United Nations" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/World_Autism_Awareness_Day" title="World Autism Awareness Day">World Autism Awareness Day</a> </th> <td>2 April </td> <td>Yearly </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Scuderia Alp"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland"><img alt="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row">Autism Sunday </th> <td>Second Sunday of February </td> <td nowrap="">Yearly </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Scuderia F"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland"><img alt="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <th scope="row">Autism Awareness Year </th> <td>2002 </td> <td>One-off </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <th>Autistic Pride Day </th> <td>18 June </td> <td>Yearly </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <th>Autism Acceptance Project </th> <td>2006 </td> <td>One-off </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <th>Autistics Speaking Day </th> <td>1 November </td> <td>Yearly </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Autism_Awareness_Day">World Autism Awareness Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: World Autism Awareness Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Autism_Awareness_Day" title="World Autism Awareness Day">World Autism Awareness Day</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_(8613785933).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_%288613785933%29.jpg/220px-Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_%288613785933%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_%288613785933%29.jpg/330px-Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_%288613785933%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_%288613785933%29.jpg/440px-Light_it_Up_Blue_-_World_Autism_Awareness_Day_%288613785933%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Minnesota governor <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dayton" title="Mark Dayton">Mark Dayton</a> declared the World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>World Autism Awareness Day, sometimes referred to as World Autism Day, is marked yearly on 2 April. It was designated by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> at the end of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some autism rights advocates have campaigned to rename it Autism Acceptance Day because of a misconception that the day is affiliated with Autism Speaks.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autism_Sunday">Autism Sunday</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Autism Sunday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Autism_Sunday" title="Autism Sunday">Autism Sunday</a></div> <p>Autism Sunday is a global Christian event observed annually on the second Sunday of February. It is supported by church leaders<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> and organisations<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> around the world. The event was initiated by the founders of <a href="/wiki/Autism_Awareness_Campaign_UK" title="Autism Awareness Campaign UK">Autism Awareness Campaign UK</a>, Charika Corea and <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Corea_(campaigner)" title="Ivan Corea (campaigner)">Ivan Corea</a>. Autism Sunday was launched in London in 2002 with a service at St. Paul's Cathedral.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autism_Awareness_Year">Autism Awareness Year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Autism Awareness Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Autism_Awareness_Campaign_UK" title="Autism Awareness Campaign UK">Autism Awareness Campaign UK</a></div><p>The year 2002 was declared Autism Awareness Year in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>—the idea was initiated by Ivan and Charika Corea, parents of an autistic child, Charin.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Autism Awareness Year was led by <a href="/wiki/Bibic_(charity)" title="Bibic (charity)">bibic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brainkind" title="Brainkind">Brainkind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Foundation" title="Shirley Foundation">Shirley Foundation</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Autistic_Society" title="National Autistic Society">National Autistic Society</a>, Autism London, and 800 other organizations in the United Kingdom. It had the personal backing of British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2002 Autism Awareness Year helped raise awareness of the serious issues concerning autism and Asperger's syndrome across the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A major conference, Autism 2002, was held at the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fund" title="King&#39;s Fund">King's Fund</a> in London with debates in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> and the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> in Westminster. Autism awareness ribbons were worn to mark the year.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some British autism advocates want autistic people acknowledged as a minority rather than as disabled, because they say that "disability discrimination laws don't protect those who are not disabled but who 'still have something that makes them look or act differently from other people.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> But the autism community is split over this issue, and some view this notion as radical.<sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autistic_Pride_Day">Autistic Pride Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Autistic Pride Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day" title="Autistic Pride Day">Autistic Pride Day</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day" title="Autistic Pride Day">Autistic Pride Day</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Aspies_For_Freedom" title="Aspies For Freedom">Aspies For Freedom</a> initiative celebrated on 18 June each year. It is a day for celebrating the neurodiversity of people with autism. Inspired by LGBT+ communities, Autistic Pride often compares their efforts to the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/LGBT_social_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT social movements">LGBT social movements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SanerDisease_68-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanerDisease-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autistics_Speaking_Day">Autistics Speaking Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Autistics Speaking Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Autistics_Speaking_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Autistics Speaking Day">Autistics Speaking Day</a> is a yearly event designated on 1 November, a self-advocacy campaign run by people with autism to raise awareness and challenge negative stereotypes about autism by speaking for themselves and sharing their stories. The first Autistics Speaking Day was held in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Corina Becker, one of the early founders, the day is to "acknowledge our difficulties while sharing our strengths, passions, and interests."<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The idea for the event developed out of opposition to a <i>Communication Shutdown</i> fundraising campaign led by United States charity Autism Speaks. Participants had been asked to "simulate having autism" by straying from all forms of online communication for one day. The event received criticism and accused Autism Speaks of missing the point of what autism actually is, referring to autistic individuals' comfort using other means of communication.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autism_Acceptance_Project">Autism Acceptance Project</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Autism Acceptance Project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 the Autism Acceptance Project (TAAProject) was founded by Estée Klar, the mother of an autistic child, with help from an autistic advisory board.<sup id="cite_ref-TAA_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAA-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The project was dedicated to promoting acceptance and accommodations for autistic people in society and was primarily supported by autistic people. The website for TAAProject disappeared a decade later, but the idea of promoting acceptance has now been adopted with other campaigns such as Autism Acceptance Month.<sup id="cite_ref-TAA_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAA-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autism_Acceptance_Day">Autism Acceptance Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Autism Acceptance Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, the first Autism Acceptance Day celebrations were organized by Paula Durbin Westby, as a response to traditional "Autism Awareness" campaigns which the autistic community found harmful and insufficient.<sup id="cite_ref-autismacceptancemonth1_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autismacceptancemonth1-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Autism Acceptance Day is now held every April.<sup id="cite_ref-autismacceptancemonth1_151-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autismacceptancemonth1-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "Awareness" focuses on informing others of the existence of autism while "acceptance" pushes towards validating and honoring the autism community. By providing tools and educational material, people are encouraged to embrace the challenges autistic people face and celebrate their strengths. Rather than making autism into a crippling disability, acceptance integrates those on the autistic spectrum into everyday society. Instead of encouraging people to wear blue as Autism Awareness Day does, Autism Acceptance Day encourages people to wear red.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autreat">Autreat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Autreat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Autreat" class="mw-redirect" title="Autreat">Autreat</a>—an annual autistic gathering—participants compared their movement to gay rights activists, or the Deaf culture, where sign language is preferred over surgery that might restore hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmon_29-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other local organizations have also arisen: for example, a European counterpart, Autscape, was created around 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Gal_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gal-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scholarship">Scholarship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Scholarship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Autism received increasing attention from <a href="/wiki/Social_science" title="Social science">social-science</a> scholars in the early 2000s, with the goals of improving support services and therapies, arguing that autism should be tolerated as a difference not a disorder, and by how autism affects the definition of personhood and identity.<sup id="cite_ref-Silverman_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverman-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sociological research has also investigated how social institutions, particularly families, cope with the challenges associated with autism.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A study published on 20 January 2021, by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Dallas" title="University of Texas at Dallas">University of Texas at Dallas</a> suggests that educating non-autistic people about the strengths and challenges of autistic people can help reduce stigma and misconceptions surrounding autism, which may help increase social inclusion of autistic people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The study also found that <a href="/wiki/Implicit_stereotype" title="Implicit stereotype">implicit biases</a> about autism were harder to overcome for non-autistic people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_157-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_portrayals">Media portrayals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Media portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Autism_in_popular_culture" title="Autism in popular culture">Autism in popular culture</a></div> <p>Much of the public perception of autism is based on its portrayals in biographies, movies, novels, and TV series. Many of these portrayals have been inaccurate, and have contributed to a divergence between public perception and the clinical reality of autism.<sup id="cite_ref-Trapped_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trapped-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, in the 2005 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Mozart_and_the_Whale" title="Mozart and the Whale">Mozart and the Whale</a></i>, the opening scene gives four clues that a leading character has Asperger syndrome, and two of these clues are <a href="/wiki/Savant_syndrome" title="Savant syndrome">extraordinary savant</a> skills. The savant skills are not needed in the film, but in movies savant skills have become a stereotype for the autism spectrum, because of the incorrect assumption that most autistic people are savants.<sup id="cite_ref-Draaisma_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Draaisma-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some works from the 1970s have autistic characters,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (May 2016)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> who are rarely labeled.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In contrast, in the 2013 <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC2</a> television miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/The_Politician%27s_Husband" title="The Politician&#39;s Husband">The Politician's Husband</a></i>, the impact of Noah Hoynes' Asperger syndrome on the boy's behavior and on his family, and steps Noah's loved ones take to accommodate and address it, are prominent plot points in all three episodes. </p><p>Popular media have depicted special talents of some children with autism, including <a href="/wiki/Splinter_skill" title="Splinter skill">exceptional abilities</a> as seen in the 1988 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the 1970s, fictional portrayals of autistic people have become more frequent.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_160-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Public perception of autism is often based on these fictional portrayals in novels, biographies, movies, and TV series. These depictions of autism in media today are often made in a way that brings pity to the public and their concern of the topic, because their viewpoint is never actually shown, leaving the public without knowledge of autism and its diagnosis.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Draaisma_159-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Draaisma-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Portrayals in the media of characters with atypical abilities (for example, the ability to multiply large numbers without a calculator) may be misinterpreted by viewers as accurate portrayals of all autistic people and of autism itself.<sup id="cite_ref-AutisticLicence_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AutisticLicence-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additionally, the media frequently depicts autism as only affecting children, which promotes the misconception that autism does not affect adults.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_individuals">Notable individuals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Notable individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Retrospective_diagnosis#Retrospective_diagnoses_of_autism" title="Retrospective diagnosis">Retrospective diagnosis §&#160;Retrospective diagnoses of autism</a></div> <p>Some notable figures such as <a href="/wiki/Temple_Grandin" title="Temple Grandin">Temple Grandin</a>, a food animal handling systems designer and author,<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Page_(music_critic)" title="Tim Page (music critic)">Tim Page</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning critic and author<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> are autistic. </p><p>Notable individuals known to have Asperger syndrome include <a href="/wiki/Craig_Nicholls" title="Craig Nicholls">Craig Nicholls</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and only constant member of the Australian rock band <a href="/wiki/The_Vines_(band)" title="The Vines (band)">The Vines</a>, who was diagnosed in 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and actor <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Considine" title="Paddy Considine">Paddy Considine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockyer_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockyer-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p> Swedish environmentalist <a href="/wiki/Greta_Thunberg" title="Greta Thunberg">Greta Thunberg</a>, who in August 2018 started the "<a href="/wiki/School_strike_for_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="School strike for climate">School strike for climate</a>" movement, has explained how the "gift" of living with Asperger syndrome helps her "see things from outside the box" when it comes to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In an interview with presenter <a href="/wiki/Nick_Robinson_(journalist)" title="Nick Robinson (journalist)">Nick Robinson</a> on BBC Radio 4's <i><a href="/wiki/Today_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Today programme">Today</a></i>, the 16-year-old activist said that autism helps her see things in "black and white". She went on to say:<sup id="cite_ref-Thunberg_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thunberg-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It makes me different, and being different is a gift, I would say. It also makes me see things from outside the box. I don't easily fall for lies; I can see through things. I don't think I would be interested in the climate at all, if I had been like everyone else. Many people say that it doesn't matter, you can cheat sometimes. But I can't do that. You can't be a little bit sustainable. Either you're sustainable, or not sustainable. For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis, but we will make sure that they will not get away with it any longer.</p></blockquote> <p>Additionally, media speculation of contemporary figures as being on the autism spectrum has become popular in recent times. <a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)"><i>New York</i> magazine</a> reported some examples, which included that <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i> magazine</a> suggested that <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a> is autistic, and that a biographer of <a href="/wiki/Warren_Buffett" title="Warren Buffett">Warren Buffett</a> wrote that his prodigious memory and "fascination with numbers" give him "a vaguely autistic aura". The magazine also reported that on <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Rehab_with_Dr._Drew" title="Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew">Celebrity Rehab</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Drew_Pinsky" title="Drew Pinsky">Drew Pinsky</a> deemed basketball player <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a> a candidate for an Asperger's diagnosis, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> specialist consulted "seemed to concur". <a href="/wiki/Nora_Ephron" title="Nora Ephron">Nora Ephron</a> criticized these conclusions, writing that popular speculative diagnoses suggest autism is "an epidemic, or else a wildly over-diagnosed thing that there used to be other words for".<sup id="cite_ref-nymag_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nymag-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The practice of diagnosing autism in these cases is controversial.<sup id="cite_ref-sowell_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sowell-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a wide variety of both supportive and critical opinions about the movement among people who are autistic or associated with people with autism. A common criticism leveled against autistic activists is that the majority of them do not have co-occurring intellectual disability and critics argue that their views do not represent the views of autistic people with intellectual disability and their parents.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Autism:_The_Musical" title="Autism: The Musical">Autism: The Musical</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrimination_against_autistic_people" title="Discrimination against autistic people">Discrimination against autistic people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivar_Lovaas" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivar Lovaas">Ivar Lovaas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Look_Me_in_the_Eye" title="Look Me in the Eye">Look Me in the Eye</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_pride" title="Mad pride">Mad pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TASH_(organization)" title="TASH (organization)">TASH (organization)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Judy Singer. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-6481547-0-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-6481547-0-9"><bdi>978-0-6481547-0-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=NeuroDiversity%3A+The+Birth+of+an+Idea&amp;rft.pub=Judy+Singer&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-6481547-0-9&amp;rft.aulast=Singer&amp;rft.aufirst=Judy&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutism+rights+movement" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKapp2020" class="citation book cs1">Kapp, Steven K., ed. (2020). <i>Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement</i>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-981-13-8437-0">10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-981-13-8436-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-981-13-8436-3"><bdi>978-981-13-8436-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Autistic+Community+and+the+Neurodiversity+Movement&amp;rft.date=2020&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2F978-981-13-8437-0&amp;rft.isbn=978-981-13-8436-3&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutism+rights+movement" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaltz2013" class="citation book cs1">Waltz, M. (2013). <i>Autism: A Social and Medical History</i>. Palgrave Macmillan UK. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-230-52750-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-230-52750-8"><bdi>978-0-230-52750-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Autism%3A+A+Social+and+Medical+History&amp;rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan+UK&amp;rft.date=2013&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-230-52750-8&amp;rft.aulast=Waltz&amp;rft.aufirst=M.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutism+rights+movement" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmdur2009" class="citation news cs1">Amdur, Neil (3 August 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130408185123/http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04aspe.html?=_r=6&amp;">"Asperger's Syndrome, on Screen and in Life"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p.&#160;D5. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www-nc.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04aspe.html">the original</a> on 8 April 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Asperger%27s+Syndrome%2C+on+Screen+and+in+Life&amp;rft.pages=D5&amp;rft.date=2009-08-03&amp;rft.aulast=Amdur&amp;rft.aufirst=Neil&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww-nc.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F08%2F04%2Fhealth%2F04aspe.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutism+rights+movement" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavidson2008" class="citation journal cs1">Davidson, Joyce (November 2008). "Autistic culture online: virtual communication and cultural expression on the spectrum". <i>Social &amp; Cultural Geography</i>. <b>9</b> (7): <span class="nowrap">791–</span>806. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14649360802382586">10.1080/14649360802382586</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Social+%26+Cultural+Geography&amp;rft.atitle=Autistic+culture+online%3A+virtual+communication+and+cultural+expression+on+the+spectrum&amp;rft.volume=9&amp;rft.issue=7&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E791-%3C%2Fspan%3E806&amp;rft.date=2008-11&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F14649360802382586&amp;rft.aulast=Davidson&amp;rft.aufirst=Joyce&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutism+rights+movement" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Grandin, Temple. (2011). <i>Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism</i>. New York: Vintage. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1935274216" title="Special:BookSources/978-1935274216">978-1935274216</a></li> <li>Grandin, Temple. (1995). Sachs, Oliver (foreword). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/thinkinginpictur0000gran/page/n7/mode/2up"><i>Thinking in Pictures, and other stories from my life with autism</i></a>. New York: Doubleday. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-47792-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-47792-9">0-385-47792-9</a></li> <li><i>Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking</i>. Washington, DC: <a href="/wiki/Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network" title="Autistic Self Advocacy Network">Autistic Self Advocacy Network</a>, 2012. Bascom, Julia. (Foreword). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1938800023" title="Special:BookSources/978-1938800023">978-1938800023</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/823510362">823510362</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNadesan,_Majia2005" class="citation book cs1">Nadesan, Majia (2005). <i>Constructing Autism: Unravelling the "Truth" and Discovering the Social</i>. London: Routledge. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.4324%2F9780203299500">10.4324/9780203299500</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-32180-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-32180-8"><bdi>978-0-415-32180-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Constructing+Autism%3A+Unravelling+the+%22Truth%22+and+Discovering+the+Social&amp;rft.pub=London%3A+Routledge&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.4324%2F9780203299500&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-415-32180-8&amp;rft.au=Nadesan%2C+Majia&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAutism+rights+movement" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRossettiAshbyArndtChadwick2008" class="citation journal cs1">Rossetti Z, Ashby C, Arndt K, Chadwick M, Kasahara M (2008). 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Project</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Controversial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Applied_behavior_analysis" title="Applied behavior analysis">Applied behavior analysis</a> (ABA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auditory_integration_training" title="Auditory integration training">Auditory integration training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aversion_therapy" title="Aversion therapy">Aversion therapy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Judge_Rotenberg_Center" title="Judge Rotenberg Center">Judge Rotenberg Center</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelation_therapy" title="Chelation therapy">Chelation of mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facilitated_communication" title="Facilitated communication">Facilitated communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gluten-free,_casein-free_diet" title="Gluten-free, casein-free diet">Gluten-free, casein-free 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(TEACCH)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Centers0" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Centers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0em;font-weight:normal;">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Science_in_Autism_Treatment" title="Association for Science in Autism Treatment">Association for Science in Autism Treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Research_Institute" title="Autism Research Institute">Autism Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Science_Foundation" title="Autism Science Foundation">Autism Science Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Krieger_Institute" title="Kennedy Krieger Institute">Kennedy Krieger Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_for_Autism_Research" title="National Alliance for Autism Research">National Alliance for Autism Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simons_Foundation_Autism_Research_Initiative" title="Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative">Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_Child_Study_Center" title="Yale Child Study Center">Yale Child Study Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0em;font-weight:normal;">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Research_Centre" title="Autism Research Centre">Autism Research Centre</a> (UK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_autism#Conditions_and_research_areas" title="Outline of autism">Conditions and research areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_autism#Researchers_and_therapists" title="Outline of autism">Researchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Therapy</th><td 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Learning_Group" title="Alpine Learning Group">Alpine Learning Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_II_School_for_Autistic_Children" title="Eden II School for Autistic Children">Eden II School for Autistic Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPA_College" title="ESPA College">ESPA College</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exceptional_Minds" title="Exceptional Minds">Exceptional Minds</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Center_for_Children" title="New England Center for Children">New England Center for Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathlight_School" title="Pathlight School">Pathlight School</a> (Singapore)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_School" title="Rebecca School">Rebecca School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunfield_Children%27s_Home" title="Sunfield Children&#39;s Home">Sunfield Children's Home</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TreeHouse_School" title="TreeHouse School">TreeHouse School</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Autistic_School" title="Western Autistic School">Western Autistic School</a> (Australia)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Organizations0" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Organizations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Autism rights movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrong_Planet" title="Wrong Planet">Wrong Planet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="United_States13" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Network_International" title="Autism Network International">Autism Network International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Science_Foundation" title="Autism Science Foundation">Autism Science Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autistic_Self_Advocacy_Network" title="Autistic Self Advocacy Network">Autistic Self Advocacy Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Society_of_America" title="Autism Society of America">Autism Society of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Speaks" title="Autism Speaks">Autism Speaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centro_Ponce%C3%B1o_de_Autismo" title="Centro Ponceño de Autismo">Centro Ponceño de Autismo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Jordan_Fiddle_Foundation" title="Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation">Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generation_Rescue" title="Generation Rescue">Generation Rescue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interactive_Autism_Network" title="Interactive Autism Network">Interactive Autism Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interagency_Autism_Coordinating_Committee" title="Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee">Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LENA_Foundation" title="LENA Foundation">LENA Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_for_Autism_Research" title="National Alliance for Autism Research">National Alliance for Autism Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_on_Severe_Autism" title="National Council on Severe Autism">National Council on Severe Autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Database_for_Autism_Research" title="National Database for Autism Research">National Database for Autism Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Autism_Community_in_Action" title="The Autism Community in Action">The Autism Community in Action</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centro_Ann_Sullivan_del_Per%C3%BA" title="Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú">Centro Ann Sullivan</a> (Peru)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domus_Instituto_de_Autismo" title="Domus Instituto de Autismo">Domus Instituto de Autismo</a> (Mexico)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_for_Autism" title="Action for Autism">Action for Autism</a> (India)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Resource_Centre_(Singapore)" title="Autism Resource Centre (Singapore)">Autism Resource Centre (Singapore)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Caribbean</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autistic_Society_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago">Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago</a> (Trinidad and Tobago)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maia_Chung_Autism_and_Disabilities_Foundation&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation (page does not exist)">Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation</a> (Jamaica)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="UK2" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">UK</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Anglia" title="Autism Anglia">Autism Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Autism_Directory" title="The Autism Directory">The Autism Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Awareness_Campaign_UK" title="Autism Awareness Campaign UK">Autism Awareness Campaign UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Cymru" title="Autism Cymru">Autism Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism_Plus" title="Autism Plus">Autism Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autistica" title="Autistica">Autistica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Autistic_Society" title="National Autistic Society">National Autistic Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacar_(charity)" title="Sacar (charity)">Sacar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Specialisterne" title="Specialisterne">Specialisterne</a> (Denmark)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspies_For_Freedom" title="Aspies For Freedom">Aspies For Freedom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Priddis_Foundation" title="Luke Priddis Foundation">Luke Priddis Foundation</a> (Australia)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Literature0" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Literature</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Accidental_Teacher:_Life_Lessons_from_My_Silent_Son" class="mw-redirect" title="The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from My Silent Son">The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from My Silent Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animals_in_Translation" title="Animals in Translation">Animals in Translation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspergirls:_Empowering_Females_with_Asperger%27s_Syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger&#39;s Syndrome">Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autism%27s_False_Prophets" title="Autism&#39;s False Prophets">Autism's False Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Love:_Autism" title="Extreme Love: Autism">Extreme Love: Autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freaks,_Geeks,_and_Asperger_Syndrome:_A_User_Guide_to_Adolescence" class="mw-redirect" title="Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence">Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_a_Different_Key" title="In a Different Key">In a Different Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life,_Animated" title="Life, Animated">Life, Animated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Like_Colour_to_the_Blind" title="Like Colour to the Blind">Like Colour to the Blind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Look_Me_in_the_Eye" title="Look Me in the Eye">Look Me in the Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Warriors" title="Mother Warriors">Mother Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Autobiography_(Miedzianik)" class="mw-redirect" title="My Autobiography (Miedzianik)">My Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NeuroTribes" title="NeuroTribes">NeuroTribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobody_Nowhere" title="Nobody Nowhere">Nobody Nowhere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Reason_I_Jump" title="The Reason I Jump">The Reason I Jump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somebody_Somewhere_(book)" title="Somebody Somewhere (book)">Somebody Somewhere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son-Rise:_The_Miracle_Continues" title="Son-Rise: The Miracle 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