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    Societal and cultural aspects of autism or sociology of autism come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies...
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  • neurodiversity. The understanding of autism has been shaped by cultural, scientific, and societal factors, and its perception and treatment change over time...
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    Autism-friendly Autism rights movement Autism Sunday Autistic Pride Day Societal and cultural aspects of autism United Nations' International Day of Persons...
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  • there should not be a goal to "cure" people of autism. ANI was started by Jim Sinclair, Kathy Grant, and Donna Williams in 1992. The advocacy group is...
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    the late 1980s and early 1990s with the start of Autism Network International. Much of the correspondence that led to the formation of the movement happened...
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  • Devon Price (redirect from Unmasking Autism)
    blogger, and author focusing on autism. He is best known for his books, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity and Laziness Does...
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  • Societal and cultural aspects of autism – come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism...
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  • diagnosis of Gates, saying that the people diagnosing him have not seen him personally. Biography portal Societal and cultural aspects of autism History of autism...
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  • Jim Sinclair (activist) (category Autism activists)
    coordinator of ANI. Sinclair is an advocate for the anti-cure position on autism, arguing that autism is an integral part of a person's identity and should...
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  • Diagnoses of autism have become more frequent since the 1980s, which has led to various controversies about both the cause of autism and the nature of the diagnoses...
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    descriptions of redirect targets Social model of disability Societal and cultural aspects of autism TASH Muzikar, Debra (20 April 2015). "The Autism Puzzle...
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    Double empathy problem (category Theory of mind)
    The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher...
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    particularly unusual, specific, or niche. Autism rights advocates and psychologists say this binary of acceptable "passions" and pathologised "obsessions" is unfair...
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  • Autism-friendly means being aware of social engagement and environmental factors affecting people on the autism spectrum, with modifications to communication...
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  • programs in all political, economic, and societal spheres so that persons with disabilities benefit equally and so that inequality is not perpetuated...
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  • treated. Epidemiology of autism Societal and cultural aspects of autism Employment of autistic people Maguire C (April 16, 2013). "Autism on the rise: A global...
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    Judy Singer (category Autism rights movement)
    idea of neurological diversity and to think about the existence of a social movement of neurological minorities that would also include the autism rights...
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  • autistic people face come from other people's attitudes about autism and a lack of supports and accommodations (ableism), rather than being essential to the...
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    Temple Grandin (category Autism activists)
    proponent of autism rights and neurodiversity movements. Mary Temple Grandin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, into a wealthy family. One of the family's...
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  • Societal and cultural aspects of Tourette syndrome include legal advocacy and health insurance issues, awareness of notable individuals with Tourette...
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  • Alison Singer (category American critics of alternative medicine)
    president of the Autism Science Foundation (ASF). She has also served on the IACC. She was formerly an executive vice president of Autism Speaks and as a vice...
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  • reading about autism and contacted Bernard Rimland, a founder of the Autism Society of America. After Jerry attended conferences about autism, he became...
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  • Michelle Dawson (category Autism activists)
    Canadian autism researcher who was diagnosed with autism in 1993–1994. Since 2004, she has worked as an autism researcher affiliated with the Autism Specialized...
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  • Freedom (AFF) is a solidarity and campaigning group that aimed at raising public awareness of the autism rights movement. The aim of Aspies For Freedom is to...
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  • Deej (category Documentary films about autism)
    of Autism and Adoption". Disability Studies Quarterly. 28 (1). doi:10.18061/dsq.v28i1.76. ISSN 2159-8371. "'Deej' film puts a spotlight on autism and...
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  • Mel Baggs (category Autism activists)
    predominantly wrote on the subject of autism and disability. At times, Baggs used a communication device to speak and referred to themself as a low-functioning...
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  • Robert Chapman (philosopher) (category Autism activists)
    University of Southampton. In 2012, after being diagnosed with autism, they completed their master's degree and began their doctorate at the University of Essex...
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    Donna Williams (category Artists with autism)
    World of Autism (1994), Like Colour to the Blind: Soul Searching and Soul Finding (1998) and Everyday Heaven: Journeys Beyond the Stereotypes of Autism (2004) –...
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  • parent and member of the executive committee, designed the primary symbol for autism: a puzzle piece with a picture of a crying child inside of it, which...
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  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Frank-McCarron and Paul's first child, Katie (born July 22, 2002), was diagnosed with autism in 2004. In...
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