Aspies For Freedom

Autistic licence

The Times
December 31, 2005

Body&Soul

What's in store
Neurodiversity, the NHS and nappies: Body&Soul peers into its big crystal ball and predicts the hottest health trends for 2006
  
Autistic licence

DO YOU still see autism as a disability? A burgeoning rights movement aims to convince you otherwise and to remove the stigma surrounding autism and Asperger’s syndrome. Just as society learned to accept homosexuality, organisations such as the Autism Assembly and Aspies for Freedom say it should accept “neurodiversity” as something to celebrate rather than cure. In June, the organisations launched the first annual Autistic Pride Day, with events around the world, to persuade the rest of us — the “neuro-typicals” — that autistic people are “unique individuals” who should not be seen as cases for treatment. Expect the pressure to grow in 2006.

Source: The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,...50,00.html

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For anyone who isn't aware The Times in the UK is equivalent to the NY Times in the US so it is really good to get this recoginition for AFF, Autism Assembly, and APD.

Congratz A and G!

That's pretty feckin' cool. /me reads the times most weeks.

Actually its a great way to the end year on a positive note.

Yay!   :happyjump:

I know if I were a member of AFF I would be happy.

First New Scientist and now The Times!
Well Done!
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And in 2006 The World! :grin:
Happy New Year, Everybody!
Love from Alison, Vernu, and Lauren.

Happy New year Alison, and everyone. :smile:

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That's right! Once aspies decide to do something, we can be very, very persistent!

Iron Man, can you actually point to any examples of us being called "evil monsters" and the like in the media?

I have often being called "an imbecile", "stupid" "an idiot" and even "a living vegetable."

I don't doubt for a minute that horrid things are said about us, but if they are said in the mainstream media, we have just cause for complaint and redress,


Stella

Iron Man, are these talk shows on regular australian tv? I have never seen a mention of autism like this on british talk shows. (I dont watch them avidly though). I see the news sometimes, sky news, and they rarely mention autism, and then in terms of childhood treatments usually.

I haven't been to AFF in quite a while. Great news though. Finally people are taking notice.

Tom