I just saw a post on Facebook about the upcoming “Autism Awareness Month” (In April).
It focused primarily on not supporting Autism Speaks (I found this nice summary of the problems with Autism Speaks and posted it in the comments).
But I got to thinking, “awareness” isn’t good enough. It basically means, “Be aware of this problem.” It still phrases autism as a problem.
What we need is acceptance. Accept autism, accept those with ASD, and work with them.
I wish I knew how to make social movements go forward. I want to see this happen.
It focused primarily on not supporting Autism Speaks (I found this nice summary of the problems with Autism Speaks and posted it in the comments).
But I got to thinking, “awareness” isn’t good enough. It basically means, “Be aware of this problem.” It still phrases autism as a problem.
What we need is acceptance. Accept autism, accept those with ASD, and work with them.
I wish I knew how to make social movements go forward. I want to see this happen.