Day: September 24, 2019
Out of the shadowsAutistics RiseAnd we shine our light We light the goldIntent to illuminate the bleakAnd announce to other Autistics … We are here.we are here.We are here. There is hope.Rising.and Out of the shadows, we stand. Look up my siblings,we are here.Autistics are here. Shining the gold.Shining our light. Together with our siblings,we […]
The Manifesto is structured as follows: Our key principles The realities of our current situation Policies to challenge discrimination and inequality 1. Key principles Our key principles are: • The social model of disability: Disability is caused by society creating barriers to the equal participation of impaired (or neurologically different) people. • The neurodiversity approach: […]
Our new report ‘A Spectrum of Harmful Interventions’ is available HERE! Autistic people are offered harmful treatments – Westminster inquiry finds Complex regulation and a lack o… Source: A Spectrum of Harmful Interventions – new report HERE! – Westminster Commission on Autism
Today I make my way to Brighton with fellow AIM director Jenny Payne. For five years I’ve campaigned and fought against autistic abuse, reporting parents abusing their children with quack treatments to the police and social services. Reporting sellers of MMS bleach and GcMAF to Trading Standards. https://www.independent.co.uk/…/autism-potentially-lethal-b… https://www.thetimes.co.uk/…/parents-buying-bleach-cure-for… https://www.mirror.co.uk/…/brit-kids-forced-drink-bleach-11… https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/13/fake-cures-autism-prove-deadly?fbclid=IwAR0Sd6AE-NxSYPvkruDTULrkBpJYIOsR5BIZEDOV5r_CyeRNY53BVB90BQM The Labour Party has been […]
Georgia Harper busts some myths when it comes to autistic people and relationships and stresses the importance of ditching the metaphors in RSE. Source: Autism and relationships – a little bit of myth busting – My Family Our Needs
Never forget that you’re the best judge of your body. Source: How I Travel With My Invisible Disability
