Aspies For Freedom

Are you doing a ribbon badge like so many others are?  If so what colour will it be?

I disagree with a diversity day, there are too many different "Disabilities" to be considered here; the Autistics/Aspies would get lost in the mass.  It would obscure the whole idea of Autism Pride.  I think the onus should stay on ASD.

AP day is a BRILLIANT idea!! I am very glad I found this site as it shows that there are those out there who are similar to myself and that I can identify with.

Logged in to ask this question after finding this site via Aspergian Island -- why June 18? That is right around the time of Gay Pride Week here in North America, and since most of your graphics so far include rainbows, it is likely that any Aspie Pride t-shirts, stickers, flags, parades, and the like will be assumed to refer to Gay Pride instead of Autistic Pride. So it is possible that people won't even realize there is an Autistic Pride day.

Shouldn't we have something that doesn't seem to piggyback on the existing celebration, and that people will recognize as a unique thing and not confuse with the Gay Pride events?

I think the rainbow theme is great...gives me an excuse to use even more rainbows than I do already for gay pride. (By the way, the rainbow flag on my avatar was originally intended to be a gay pride flag, but I guess I could give it a dual meaning.) o_<

It's not a single day but usually a whole week -- Pride Week. It is in late June because that is when the Stonewall Riots were in 1969.

Around here the rainbow colors are very definitely a gay pride thing. All the gay bars have rainbow neon signs, etc.

I wouldn't mind the colors being for APD as well, if you hadn't scheduled APD for right around the time of Pride Week -- it's the combination of the two that will cause confusion. No one is going to ask me about Autistic Pride if I wear a rainbow t-shirt with "Autistic Pride" on it at that time of year -- they will assume it's for Gay Pride Week, and if anything, they'll probably think it's for Autistic Gay Pride.

Pride Week is a pretty big deal in many cities -- parades, festivals, etc. So it is a shame that the APD will likely be overlooked because of this.

Anyway, I support what you are doing, I just thought it was odd that it was scheduled when it was, and thought I should mention it if no one else had.

Go gay autistic pride! Iei! ^_<;;

More like the end, or the third week -- for example, it's June 19th - June 26th this year. (See http://www.hopinc.org/home/.)

I doubt most people who aren't in one or both of the groups will notice the difference.

Indeed it is... I guess I am just bummed that the APD won't get the attention it deserves... if you live where Pride Week isn't in June, it will not be an issue for you, but here in North America, at least, it's sort of the equivalent of deciding to have Labor Day on Christmas or something -- one event will always be overshadowed by the previously existing one.

Anyway, thanks for taking this on, and I hope you do well with it.

Autism is now officially neurodiversity and not a disease - acording to this article