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2. Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Wikipedia

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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 advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.

3. Aspies For Freedom - Wikipedia

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   Aspies For 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 educate the public that the autism spectrum is not always a disability, and that there are advantages as well as disadvantages. [1]

4. Autism rights movement - Wikipedia

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   The magazine also reported that on Celebrity Rehab, Drew Pinsky deemed basketball player Dennis Rodman a candidate for an Asperger's diagnosis, and the UCLA specialist consulted "seemed to concur". Nora Ephron criticized these conclusions, writing that popular speculative diagnoses suggest autism is "an epidemic, or else a wildly over-diagnosed ...

5. 'I started a club to make autistic friends' - AOL

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   The project, run by the National Autistic Society (NAS), aims to encourage adults living with autism to start their own peer support groups, where members can regularly meet for activities such as ...

6. List of schools for people on the autism spectrum - Wikipedia

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   This page was last edited on 27 November 2024, at 18:06 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

7. Greta Thunberg on how having Asperger’s shapes her ... - AOL

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   For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... Speaking to Elle magazine UK about her activism and the impact suffering from Asperger’s syndrome has had on her work, Ms ...

8. Autism Society of America - Wikipedia

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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.

9. Discrimination against autistic people - Wikipedia

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   [5] Furthermore, according to the UK Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate of autistic people may reach 85%, the highest rate among all disabled groups studied. It is noted that in many countries autism is not a disability protected by anti-discrimination employment laws, and this is due to many corporations lobbying against it ...