The neurodiversity movement got its start in the early 1990s, when a few autistic people got together on mailing lists and dared to imagine a day when they would be…
Reflections on a Changing World
Worldwide Resistance to Autism Speaks
Since Autism Speaks released its appalling video “I Am Autism” earlier this week, to widespread global condemnation from parents and autistic self-advocates alike, British blogger Socrates of The New Republic has taken a leading…
Aspergian Story
Created in 2002, Aspergia.com sought to address autistic culture and civil rights issues at a time when there was very little public discussion of autism outside the medical paradigm. In…
Cure Ignorance
When Aspergian Pride came into being in 2004, one of the main concerns in our community was the public’s lack of knowledge about autistic people. The Internet and the mass…