My grandmother met a friend.  I talked to her and monologued about the autism rights movement and she wouldn't listen to me no matter how much I shouted "Would people ever listen to me!?"

I realise I need to do something more serious now to promote the autism rights movement in Australia.

If you're reading this, watch this space.

I recently saw a 'Racial Diversity' poster/wall painting which said "Different on the outside, but the same on the inside".

I immediately thought of an appropriate 'Neuro-Diversity' slogan: "The same on the outside, but different on the inside".

As far as I'm concerned Aspie is a culture... and if they can't accept it then they're not truly cultural diverse. I guess the main reason they won't yet accept it is because they cannot SEE it, unlike the colour of someone's skin. Also, the racial issue has been a HUGE thing worldwide for many years, so everyone is very conscious of it. Aspies are still relatively unheard of compared to the Racial issue. Things will hopefully get better in the future as peoples understanding improves with time. I wish you the best of luck with your campaign.

I might have to disobey my Dad's orders and create the ad on YouTube.  Wasn't joining and supporting the autism rights movement one of my greatest ambitions?  I must be dedicated to my job, and I might have to disobey my Dad just to do so!

Great slogan, but I just can't copy off it.  That's plagarism.  Perhaps I could tweak it a little bit more so nobody knows where it came from?

Great idea.  Perhaps I could write a "shame on you"-based poster.

It needs to be quickened.  How many more people have to be abused, defamed and suffer "treatment"?

That is a great slogan from Tigger.

Yes a 'shame on you' approach I think would definitely be effective

And I think perhaps you should disobey you dad.. sometimes you just have to do what you have to. You can't let yourself be controlled by someone against your will. I've disobeyed my dad before when he tries to stop me from being who I want to be for no good reason other than his own selfishness, and aside from being sent on a guilt trip by him, I've never regretted it

How's this for a slogan: "AutismSpeaks for Itself".
Alison

They also have a problem accepting fat people. They're not as accepting as they like to claim they are to the media.

I'd just like to take the time to tell you that I barely watch TV (once a week). I'm comparing it to cultural diversity for now.  They actually do acceptfat people.  You can compare the-bully-at-school-who-everyone-seems-to-like-except-me Zac, with Dudley in the Harry Potter series.  Fortunately, he's not my cousin!

I think I need to get a break from working for the autism rights movement for just three days - my parents are getting stressed out because of it!  But only three days.

Try this: "There was one aspie who was lonely even though he had a thriving NT community round him. I felt sorry for him but hope this is what lies in store?"

The slogan is a good idea, but with that particular one people might get the wrong idea. They might mistake it for a warning or pity-piece about how autistics are mentally ill.

No! Please no. Having one thing in common does not give people a kinship or make them a community.

There are certain black people who claim there is a 'black community' and 'black culture', even though black people live all over the world in many different circumstances, and have different opinions, values, fortune and culture.

And it's only led to certain groups of black people in America segregating themselves, and black children being bullied by the other black kids if they 'act white'.

We need integration. Closing ranks just can't be an option.

Your classmates do, but it doesn't take a genius to see that the media doesn't, governments don't and a proportion of the general pblic don't. When was the last time you saw a fat person fall in love in a film or on TV, without his or her weight being made into an issue?

I was called: 'disabled', 'mad', 'crazy', 'spaz', and some Black children called me 'White' (I'm Black). It was horrible.

At my old school, we would celebrate Jeans For Genes day, which was to raise money for people with genetic disorders. We would wear our jeans and pay a pound.

I remember telling my LSA that we should do one for people with Asperger's. Ever since, this LSA, Sally, is my only true friend. We could talk about my AS.

You have my permission to use it (just don't copyright it to yourself! Ta). I am fed up with people assuming that everyone else is the same 'on the inside'. It isn't true for us and it isn't even true for NTs. They only think it's true. The mere fact that there is a world of different cultures and religions gives the lie to that particular fantasy.

NTs may think more like echother than they think like us; we may think more like eachother than we think like them. But each of us is an individual with our own individual views, beliefs, experiences and hopes. The worst abuses occur when people with power think that they know what other people are thinking - or ought to be thinking!