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  2. Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication ...

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    Founded in 1971 by Eric Schopler, TEACCH provides training and services geared to helping autistic children and their families cope with the condition. [ 2 ] [ 17 ] Gary B. Mesibov , a professor and researcher on UNC's TEACCH program since about 1979, was director of the program from 1992 to 2010.

  3. Jim Sinclair (activist) - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, Sinclair wrote the essay "Don't Mourn for Us" (1993) with an anti-cure perspective on autism. [12] The essay has been thought of by some [who?] to be a touchstone for the fledgling autism-rights movement and has been mentioned in The New York Times [4] and New York Magazine. [1] In the essay, Sinclair writes, You didn't lose a child to ...

  4. 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.

  5. Autism-friendly - Wikipedia

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    Autism rights activists say that "tics, like repetitive rocking and violent outbursts" can be managed if others make an effort to understand autistic people, while other autistic traits, "like difficulty with eye contact, with grasping humor or with breaking from routines", would not require corrective efforts if others were more tolerant.

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    Depending on individual needs, an autistic child may be able to bypass long security lines, receive priority boarding, and have access to other accommodations to make traveling with autism easier.

  7. Discrimination against autistic people - Wikipedia

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    Stigmatization of autism can also be perpetuated by advertising from autism conversion organizations, such as Autism Speaks' advertising wherein a mother describes having considered murder-suicide in front of her autistic daughter or the NYU Child Study Center's advertisements where autism is personified as a kidnapper holding children for ransom.

  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.

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