• Self-advocacy is the act of speaking up for oneself and one's interests. It is used as a name for civil rights movements and mutual aid networks for people...
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  • The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum. ASAN...
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    autistic advisory and board. The project is affiliated with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) and other activist groups in North America. From 2005...
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  • patient advocacy, though this role may be limited due their position in an organization. Patients can advocate for themselves through self-advocacy and the...
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    Queer advocacy during the Israel–Hamas war has remained a significantly contentious topic. Many queer people allied themselves with pro-Palestinian causes...
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  • disability rights activist and researcher who co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2006. On December 16, 2009, President Barack Obama announced...
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  • contextualizes as an act of consent and self-advocacy. Price has also written about the concepts of laziness, productivity and self-worth. His book, Laziness Does...
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    Ballastexistenz and Kevin Leitch's Left Brain Right Brain. Eventually, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) was started by Ari Ne'eman and Scott Robertson to further...
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    Self-stimulatory behavior, also known as "stimming" and self-stimulation, is the repetition of physical movements, sounds, words, moving objects, or other...
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    disability are pervasive in modern society, disabled people have turned to self-advocacy in an attempt to push back against their marginalization. The recognition...
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  • - Autistic Self Advocacy Network". Autistic Advocacy. July 18, 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-26. "Affiliate Groups - Autistic Self Advocacy Network". autisticadvocacy...
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  • human means to be allowed to fail." This group would go on to inspire self advocacy groups around the world. The concept was first articulated in a 1972...
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    doi:10.1007/s41252-021-00201-1. ISSN 2366-7532. Autistic Self Advocacy Network. "Autistic Self Advocacy Network – Nothing About Us Without Us". www.autisticadvocacy...
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  • over the past decade, particularly in the Canadian press. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network notes 36 in 2012, all involving people with disabilities, primarily...
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    S2CID 254569665. "Criminal Legal System - Autistic Self Advocacy Network". Autistic Self Advocacy Network. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-26. Hirvikoski...
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  • is a deviation from the norm that must be treated or cured. Autistic self-advocacy organizations, which are led and run by autistic people, are a key force...
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  • Advocacy groups that focus primarily on acceptance and accommodation include Autism Network International, Autism National Committee, Autistic Self Advocacy...
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  • Autistic Self Advocacy Network (November 12, 2013). "ASAN-AAC Statement on Autism Speaks' DC "Policy Summit"". Washington, DC: Autistic Self Advocacy Network...
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    stated mission" led them to seek out and later work with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. In Massachusetts, Brown first wrote and introduced legislation...
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    ableism against autistic people. Such groups, including the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, advocate using the term Autism Acceptance Day as a counter-celebration...
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  • that they are treated like human beings. Since the formation of the self advocacy movement in the 1960s, the largest focus of the movement has been to...
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  • was initially developed with strong consultation from ASAN (Autistic Self-Advocacy Network). Since her debut Julia has received favorable and positive...
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  • Autism Network International (ANI) is an advocacy organization run by and for autistic people. ANI's principles involve the anti-cure perspective, the...
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  • pathological. They view PDA as an example of individual autonomy or self-advocacy. Alternative names like Rational Demand Avoidance (RDA) or Pervasive...
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  • advocates. Organizations that oppose the center include the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Disability Rights International and Community Alliance for...
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    social movements. Autistics Speaking Day (ASDay), 1 November, is a self-advocacy campaign run by autistic people to raise awareness and challenge negative...
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  • New Resource on Supported Decision-Making - Autistic Self Advocacy Network". Autistic Self Advocacy Network. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2023...
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  • openly and proudly neuter, both physically and socially." Xyr first act of self-definition was to jump off xyr father's lap and shout "No!" when xyr father...
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    who became her mentor and helped her significantly toward building up her self-confidence. It was Carlock who encouraged Grandin to develop her idea to...
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  • responding to abuse). Most advocacy groups also work to support people, throughout the world, to increase their capacity for self-advocacy, teaching the skills...
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