This Is Autism

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:15:59 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://neurocosmopolitanism.com/this-is-autism/

"Like much of the previous anti-Autistic hate speech produced by Autism
Speaks, this “call for action” characterized the very existence of
Autistic children as a “monumental health crisis” and a “national
emergency,” and as a terrible, life-destroying tragedy visited upon the
families of these children. As is usual in the rhetoric of Autism
Speaks, the existence of millions of Autistic adults was not mentioned
at all; acknowledging our existence would make it hard for them to keep
selling the lie that autism is a growing “epidemic” (rather than a
manifestation of human biodiversity that serves an evolutionary purpose
and that has most likely been present in the species since our
hunter-gatherer origins)."

A beautiful piece.

Via David Cameron Staples.

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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