Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement

The autism rights movement was started by adult autistic individuals in order to advocate and demand tolerance for what they refer to as their neurodiversity. The movement is supported by some neurotypicals including parents of autistic children. The movement has been criticized by parents of autistic children who disagree with its anti-cure and pro-neurodiversity views. The use of the Internet has made it possible for autistics to present their perspective when they do not have the communication skills to do so offline. Even s ...

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• Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective
• Autism rights movement - People in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Organized groups
• Autism rights movement - Individuals
• Autism rights movement - Numbers
• Autism rights movement - History
• Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Issues
• Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism
• Autism rights movement - Adult issues
• Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits
• Autism rights movement - Functioning labels
• Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group
• Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities
• Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people
• Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns
• Autism rights movement - Controversy
• Autism rights movement - Criticism
• Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement
• Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate
• Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement
• Autism rights movement - Notes

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The movement has a number of issues that range from challenging the way autistic people are treated by others to challenging the way autism is portrayed. Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment. For more details on this topic, see ethical challenges to autism treatment. There are many programs available intended as treatment for autism. However, autistic rights activists feel these treatments do not actually help autistic people but instead harm them. In p ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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The movement has a number of issues that range from challenging the way autistic people are treated by others to challenging the way autism is portrayed. Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment. For more details on this topic, see ethical challenges to autism treatment. There are many programs available intended as treatment for autism. However, autistic rights activists feel these treatments do not actually help autistic people but instead harm them. In p ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Shortly after Autism Network International was founded in 1993, the world wide web began to emerge and autistic people started to make websites that expressed their views of autism. As time went on, more and more such websites started. Autistics.Org was founded in 1998 and started Internet campaigns in 2000. Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement. On December 20, 2004, Amy Harmon published an article in the New York Times titled "How about not curing us? Some autistics are pleading" wh ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Criticism. The movement has been criticized, mostly by parents of autistic children who believe the goals of the movement will not help their own children. There are some critics of the movement who still support some of the movement's goals despite opposing other goals. Critics of the movement argue that the autistic spectrum people in the movement are high functioning and/or Asperger's and that they have the ability to communicate. Lenny Schafer, for example, argues that those in ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns. In the early 2000s, activist campaigns started, mostly over the Internet. In April 2000, Autistics.org hosted an online counter-rally called "Hear Our Voices" to protest an autism rally in Washington, D.C. called "Hear Their Silence" that they disagreed with. [31] [32] In 2004, a Autistic Adults Picture Project was started in response to similar projects started by parents that only include pictures of children. In September 2004, the "Ou ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement. Although this movement is sometimes quoted as consisting only of autistic people, there are actually some parents involved in the movement [9]. For example, the website Neurodiversity.com is part of the autistic rights movement and is run by neurotypical parents of an autistic child. These parents say they value their children's autism as part of their uniqueness and individuality [10]. They still wish to help their children but wish to do so without the d ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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The anti-cure prespective is considered the most fundamental value of the movement. Autistics with this perspective believe autism is not a disorder at all, but simply a variation in neurological hard-wiring. They believe that autism is a fundamental part of who they are and that autism is something that cannot be separated from the person. For this reason, they prefer to be referred to as "autistics" or "autistic people" instead of "people with autism" or "people who have autism", because "person with autism" implies that autism is s ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Shortly after Autism Network International was founded in 1993, the world wide web began to emerge and autistic people started to make websites that expressed their views of autism. As time went on, more and more such websites started. Autistics.Org was founded in 1998 and started Internet campaigns in 2000. Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement. On December 20, 2004, Amy Harmon published an article in the New York Times titled "How about not curing us? Some autistics are pleading" wh ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people. There has been speculation that well-known contemporary and historical people may have been autistic in some form [31] and the autism rights movement has participated in this speculation. Those who are most commonly discussed are Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Isaac Newton, and Thomas Jefferson. In addition, there are rumors that Steven Spielberg is diagnosed. Although this is brought up in the autistic rights movement, it is controversial outside the ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Criticism. The movement has been criticized, mostly by parents of autistic children who believe the goals of the movement will not help their own children. There are some critics of the movement who still support some of the movement's goals despite opposing other goals. Critics of the movement argue that the autistic spectrum people in the movement are high functioning and/or Asperger's and that they have the ability to communicate. Lenny Schafer, for example, argues that those in ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement. Although this movement is sometimes quoted as consisting only of autistic people, there are actually some parents involved in the movement [9]. For example, the website Neurodiversity.com is part of the autistic rights movement and is run by neurotypical parents of an autistic child. These parents say they value their children's autism as part of their uniqueness and individuality [10]. They still wish to help their children but wish to do so without the d ...

See also:

Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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The anti-cure perspective is considered the most fundamental value of the movement. Autistics with this perspective believe autism is not a disorder at all, but simply a variation in neurological hard-wiring. They believe that autism is a fundamental part of who they are and that autism is something that cannot be separated from the person. For this reason, they prefer to be referred to as "autistics" or "autistic people" instead of "people with autism" or "people who have autism", because "person with autism" implies that autism is s ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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