Autistic Pride Day

Image:Infinity.JPG Autistic Pride Day was celebrated on June 18, 2005^{[{{fullurl:Template:FULLPAGENAME}}#endnote_autisticprdeday]} and is intended to become an annual event. It was a celebration of the 'neurodiversity' of Autistic spectrumindividuals, to promote the belief that those identified as autisticare not suffering from a pathologicaldiseaseany more than those with dark skin are suffering from a form of skin disease.

Autistic pride advocates believe that the notion of racial purity, in terms of the human raceas a whole, permeates medical science, which in their opinion seems to reflect a belief that every human brainshould be identical. Advocates of autistic pride claim the notion that there is an ideal, and thus desirable, structure to the human brain leads many practitioners of psychiatryto assume that any deviation requires a "cure" to achieve conformity to the 'neurotypical' norm. Some supporters believe a form of ethnic cleansingis being imposed by advocates of a cure for autism. All believe that, at a bare minimum, there should be greater consideration shown for members of the autistic community as unique individuals.

Advocates of autistic pride point out that homosexualitywas once classified as a form of mental illnessthat could be treated medically with libido-reducing hormonaltherapy. Only after political agitation from the gay rightsmovement did this classification become obsolete. One of the enduring expressions of this movement is gay pride. The Autistic Pride Day hopes to start the same process of education of this view and activism, with the goals of promoting the basic human rightsof autistics and finding a valued home for their individual voice and talents in modern society.

Autistic Pride day is an initiative by Aspies For Freedom. This autism rights group aims to educate the general public with such initiatives to end ignorance of the issues involved within the autistic community.

The theme for 2005 is "Acceptance not cure". The theme is changed annually. The main event of 2005 was in Brasília, capital of Brazil.

See also

• List of autism-related topics
• Autistic community
• Autistic culture
• Autism rights movement
• Ethical challenges to autism treatment
• Neurodiversity

Footnotes

1. ^  {{qif

 |test={{boolnand
   |1={{booland
     |1={{{URL|{{{url|}}}}}}
     |2={{{Title|{{{title|}}}}}}
   }}
   |2={{{Date|{{{date|}}}}}}}}
 |then=web reference: Parameter url, title and date must be specified 

}}{{{Author|{{{author|}}}}}}{{qif

 |test={{{PublishYear|{{{publishyear|}}}}}}
 |then= ({{{PublishYear|{{{publishyear|}}}}}})

}}{{qif

 |test={{boolor
   |1={{{Author|{{{author|}}}}}}
   |2={{{PublishYear|{{{publishyear|}}}}}}}}
 |then=.}}{{qif
 |test={{booland
   |1={{{URL|{{{url|}}}}}}
   |2={{{Title|{{{title|}}}}}}}}
 |then= [{{{URL|http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,589-1960650,00.html}}}{{{Title|Autistic Licence}}}].

}}{{qif

 |test={{{format|{{{Format|}}}}}}
 |then= ({{{Format|{{{format}}}}}})

}}{{qif

 |test={{{Work|{{{work|}}}}}}
 |then= {{{Work|{{{work}}}}}}.}}{{qif
 |test={{{Publisher|{{{publisher|}}}}}}
 |then= {{{Publisher|{{{publisher}}}}}}.

}}{{qif

 |test={{{Date|{{{date|}}}}}}  
 |then= URL accessed on [[{{{Date|31 December}}}]]{{qif
   |test={{{Year|{{{year|}}}}}}
   |then=, [[{{{Year|2005}}}]]
 }}

}}.

External links

• http://www.autisticprideday.comOfficial site for Autistic Pride Day information
• http://www.aspiesforfreedom.comA group promoting human rights for autistics

de:Autistic Pride Day es:Día del Orgullo Autista

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic+Pride+Day Wikipedia article Autistic Pride Day.