By educating children about autism at a early age.
They will most likely believe anyone!

By not hiding who we are.  We need to let people know that Autism doesn *not* equal the stereotypical "sitting-in-a-corner-rocking-and-drooling" version that so many organisations portray.  Most NTs react with a great deal of surprise when I tell them of my dx.  If they get to know us and then find out that we are AS they can realise that we're just another facet of the great neurodiversity that makes up the human species.  
Alison

Yep!  Spot on, Alison.

That's right.

But consider the following facts:
* Many Aussies just don't know what autism means.
* Many of them have the 'autism is a disease' view if they do know about it.
* Many autistics don't know they are autistic, because their parents hide it from them.
* When autistics are told, they refuse to believe it. (I used to refuse to believe it, but I now I know my true identity)
* My article in The Leader isn't getting much attention.
* They don't bother listening to some stupid kid that stims.
* Lots of people are obsessed with cricket / football there.

I believe that autistics have the right to:
* be treated as a human being
* be respected as a human being
* grow to our potential
* to be free
* have a quality of life like others around us
* to make choices that affect our lifes
* to complain about services

He's right, you know.

Published a new article:  "Neurodiversity in schools"

http://springvale-dandenong-leader.where...n-school/#

( I don't actually live in Springvale Dandenong Leader, that's actually where I'm educated. )

Sorry, that was stupid.

I don't live in Springvale Dandenong Leader!  I don't live in Springvale or Dandenong!
That was a silly mistake,  imagine living in a newspaper.

People who want to accept neurodiversity will want to click on the link above my post.

New article planned:


This article explains why autism is a culture.

We know of the Australian culture, of the Asian culture, and of the American culture.  But how many of us know the autistic culture exists?  As I said in my early articles, autistics have their own literature, art, and beliefs that they share with other members of the autistic community.  This effectively makes autism a culture.

Sadly, autism is known by most people as a 'living death'; a tantrum-throwing, retarded, silent person who bangs his head in the corner of the room.  This is wrong.  Only a few people are actually like that.  Many of these beliefs are based on prejudice, as most of the autistic community have different habits.

Autism is a way of life, not a disease.  Only an autistic would understand another autistic, just as a neurotypical would only understand another neurotypical.  In fact, there are many social groups on the Internet designed for autistic people.  Autistics repeatedly stim, which means they do repetitive movements as a stress reliever, or just to make themselves comfortable.  This, unfortunately, is viewed as a problem in society.  Autistics have their own set of emotions and communication skills that is different from the general population and can never be explained with any word in the English language.  Autistics are also picky because some situations make them uncomfortable.  Eye contact is avoided because it also makes them uncomfortable when people are staring at their eyeballs.

The following are examples of autistic literature:

• Look Me In The Eye, by John Elder Robison.  Published by Bantam
  
• Through The Eyes of Aliens, by Jasmine Lee O'Neill, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  
• Nobody Nowhere, by Donna Williams, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  

And the following are examples of terminology used by many autistic people:

• AUTIE - Someone with autism.
  
• ASPIE - Someone with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism.
  
• CUREBIE - Someone that has the desire to eradicate autism.
  
• NEUROTYPICAL - A non-autistic person.
  

Lewis Caroll was known to have Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. Asperger syndrome is believed to make people more creative, and more hyperfocused and looks at the entire picture, not the large picture first, like Lewis Caroll.  He wrote that people should accept eccentrics.  He also wrote "Alice in Wonderland".

You may be wondering, why shouldn't we eradicate the autistic culture?  If all Australians were wiped out, we won't have any more Aussies around.  If all Chinese were wiped out, we won't have anymore Chinese around.  If all autistics were wiped out, we won't have anymore autistics in the world.  We need different people in the world, even people with a difference in their brain. Just as it is unacceptable to defame people with a different skin colour, it is also unacceptable to defame people with autism. To cure these people will wipe out the autistic culture and take away the different person they are.

Give them a chance.

I think your article is well-written, and I wonder whether it might not benefit from the omission of this paragraph.  As Lewis Carroll died in 1898, he cannot have been diagnosed with AS, and I don't know on what basis you claim that he was known to be autistic.

Personally, I'm uncomfortable and quite sceptical about post-humous claims that various renowned people were Aspie or Autie, and I think that this claim distracts slightly from what you're saying in your article.

I should have said "is believed".

We need to educate people about the Aspie culture. If we're not good at public speaking, we might just be good at writing. Every little bit helps in order to put across the point that we aren't some kind of monsters.