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Autism Alert Cards, for example, are available for autistic people in London, England, UK so that police and emergency personnel will recognize autistic individuals and respond appropriately. The cards, which encourage autism-friendly interaction, have a couple of key points about interacting with autistic people.
The pathology paradigm advocates for supporting research into therapies, treatments, and/or a cure to help minimize or remove autistic traits, seeing treatment as vital to help individuals with autism, while the neurodiversity movement believes autism should be seen as a different way of being and advocates against a cure and interventions that ...
Autistic Pride Day is a pride celebration for autistic people held on 18 June each year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Autistic pride [ 3 ] recognises the importance of pride for autistic people and its role in bringing about positive changes in the broader society.
Encouraging discussion of a special interest can help autistic people develop social skills [23] and help them find social communities. [34] [35] Autism acceptance proponents encourage autistic people to embrace their special interests, as long as they are not interfering with other parts of a person's life. [36]
Many people feel that autism causes them to have a very different understanding of their gender than is expected of them. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Autistic people can struggle to infer social expectations, intentions and abstract concepts which lack tangible rules and reasons, [ 31 ] such as socially constructed expectations like gender, which can vary ...
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...
The 2010s and 2020s have seen numerous publications of popular books related to autism as well as autism-related TV-series and movies, contributing to increased awareness and understanding of autism in popular culture. Some examples include: American feature documentary Loving Lampposts was released in May 2010.
Autistic Pride Day – a celebration of the neurodiversity of people on the autism spectrum on June 18 each year. Autreat – founded by members of ANI, this is a yearly gathering for autistic people along with parents and professionals to meet and share ideas in an autism-friendly environment.