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This
website is about posautive Autism awareness.
Autism is a very interesting phenomenon. There are Autistic people
in every country, race and
socioeconomic level. This site is on the side of Neurodiversity: for
Autism, not against. The reason for the name is that to those
of us who enjoy our Autism, Autism rules! (Just to clarify, it is
not about dictating rules for Autism!)
This site hosts the various writings of our people (people on the Autism spectrum)
and provides links to other pro-neurodiversity sites.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE CURED. THE ONLY "RESCUE" WE
NEED IS TO BE RESCUED FROM THOSE WHO WOULD CHANGE US, AND WHO CANNOT ACCEPT
US AS WE ARE.
It is through our creative writing we take our stand on the side of the Autism
Spectrum and not against. We are not interested in writings for the "curing" side
against our people.
We like how we are. As Claudia quotes, "We are fearfully and wonderfully created." She
quotes that out of the Bible.
We hope you will enjoy our writings and through them form a better picture of
what it's like for us to be Autistic, and what it means to us.
A note to
parents:
“You didn’t lose a child to autism. You lost a child because
the child you waited for never came into existence. That isn’t the
fault of the autistic child who does exist, and it shouldn’t be our
burden. We need and deserve families who can see us and value us for ourselves,
not families whose vision of us is obscured by the ghosts of children who
never lived. Grieve if you must, for your own lost dreams. But don’t
mourn for us. We are alive. We are real. And we’re here waiting for
you.”
~~Jim Sinclair, ANI |