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The Autism Society of America (ASA) was founded in 1965 [5] by Bernard Rimland [1] together with Ruth C. Sullivan and a small group of other parents of children with autism. Its original name was the National Society for Autistic Children; [4] the name was changed to emphasize that autistic children grow up. The ASA's stated goal is to increase ...
The National Autistic Society is a charity for autistic people and their families in the United Kingdom. Since 1962, the National Autistic Society has been providing support, guidance and advice, as well as campaigning for improved rights, services and opportunities to help create a society that works for autistic people.
In the UK, the National Autistic Society (NAS) handed over a petition to the British government on 21 February 2017, signed by 30,000 people, calling for the employment of autistic adults to be made a priority. [26] The Malakoff-Médéric foundation opens a specialized French site at the end of 2018. [27]
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The Autism Awareness Campaign of 2002 initiated debates in the Parliament of the UK and the Scottish Parliament for Autism Awareness Year, supported by 800 UK organisations including the British Institute of Brain Injured Children, The Disabilities Trust, Autism London and the National Autistic Society. [3] A major conference on autism was held ...
ASAN published a book for autistic people in college, called Navigating College Handbook. [45] The book was considered "the first of its kind". [45] In 2012, ASAN began the annual Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Summer Institute, [46] a week-long workshop teaching autistic students to engage in activism and advocacy on their campuses. [47]
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu is an American educator, author, and autism and HIV advocate. [1] [2] Alongside E. Ashkenazy and Lydia Brown, Onaiwu is an editor of All the Weight of Our Dreams, an anthology of art and writing entirely by autistic people of color published by the Autism Women's Network in June 2017.
He was also a trustee for the National Autistic Society, which is the largest autism charity in the UK, until he stood down from the role in 2016. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Healey published an autobiography, Twin Brothers Worlds Apart , in 2009, sales of which benefit SAAS, his autism charity. [ 3 ]