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Autism rights movement

Philosophy

Neurodiversity · Neurotypical · Sociological and cultural aspects

Organizations

Aspies For Freedom · Autism National Committee · Autism Network International · Autistic Self Advocacy Network ·

Events

Autistic Pride Day · Autreat

Issues

Judge Rotenberg Educational Center · Karen McCarron

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Autistic Pride Day is a celebration of the neurodiversity of people on the autism spectrum on June 18 each year.^[1] Autistic pride is pride in autism, about shifting views of autism from "disease" to "difference". Autistic pride emphasises the innate potential in all human phenotypic expressions and celebrates the diversity various neurological types express.

Autistic pride asserts that autistic people are not sick; rather, they have a unique set of characteristics that provide them many rewards and challenges, not unlike their non-autistic peers.^[2][3] Researchers and people with high-functioning autism have contributed to a shift in attitudes away from the notion that autism is a deviation from the norm that must be treated or cured, and towards the view that autism is a difference rather than a disability.^[4] New Scientist magazine released an article entitled "Autistic and proud" on the first Autistic Pride Day that discussed the idea.^[5]

Autistic Pride Day is an Aspies for Freedom initiative^[1], an autism rights group that aims to educate the general public with initiatives to end ignorance of the issues involving the autistic community.

Contents 1 Themes 2 See also 3 Footnotes 4 External links

[edit] Themes

The main event of 2005 was in Brasília, capital of Brazil. The main events of 2006 were an Autistic Pride Summer Camp in Germany, and an event at the Scienceworks Museum in Melbourne, Australia.

• 2005 Acceptance not cure
• 2006 Celebrate Neurodiversity
• 2007 Autistics Speak. It's time to listen
• 2008 Not known
• 2009 Not known
• 2010 Perspectives, not fear / Perspektiven statt Angst

[edit] See also

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) - seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement in the world of autism.
• List of autism-related topics
• Sociological and cultural aspects of autism

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Controversial New Movement: Autistic and Proud - Good Morning America - ABC June 10, 2008