• Aggressive Autism Speaks crowd threatens Autistics with "don't cure us" signs
  An autistic describes and shares news/personal videos of Autism Speaks supporters threatening autistics that were standing peacefully with "don't cure us" signs at a walk-for-a-cure event.
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• Interview with Mom of Autistic: "It's A Great Blessing, To Give Hope."
  An interview follows a mother's journey from frantically trying to 'cure' her autistic son to the relief of accepting him after getting "an insider's view" from adults on the spectrum.
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  Note: The mom's epiphany: When asked 'what was the single biggest thing parents could have given you?' unanimously these adults said 'acceptance.' I remember Ralph said: "I've had to wear so many masks in my life because I didn't think anyone would like me for who I was." That's tragic. ... I'd rather [ ...moreeducate] people...than [expect] my son and others like him to be the ones who have to do all the changing.
• Study: Gaze Aversion Helps Pupils Think
  Interesting article from the BBC covering research that shows students think better when they aren't making eye contact, something autistics have maintained for a long time.
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• The Joy of Autism
  Article on the journey Estee Klar took from her son's infancy to allying with autistic self-advocates and what her son is like now as an eight-year-old.
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• Center for Excellence in Augmented Communication
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• Teen autistic advocate uses her experience to give hope
  About an autistic teen whose parents adapted to how her mind works & was designed to develop, focusing on truly important social things like keeping her face clean rather than forcing conformity -- and who now is not only well-liked & excelling academically, but is a devoted autistic advocate getting the word out through appearances and online videos.
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• The Autism Acceptance Project
  Promotes acceptance and empowerment of autistics & parents, by showing the positive in autism that's overlooked/buried by the melodramatic curebie hatefest that dominates the media. TAAP also seeks scientific & ethical answers to the question "what kinds of help do autistics need in order to succeed & contribute to society as autistic people?"
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• The Other Side: Janet Norman-Bain & Family
  In 2004, Janet "jypsy" Norman-Bain, an Asperger's woman with one autistic & one "aspie" teen, wrote to the Canadian government detailing her kids' development in total contradiction to popular claims about kids on the spectrum, like that they destroy families and have worthless lives unless forcibly made to seem normal at all costs.
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• The Way I Am
  A great explanation/reminder for anybody who has found an autistic disagreeing with them regarding how to raise autistic kids. It's written by an autistic parent of autistic kids, but much of what is said applies to non-parent advocates on the spectrum as well.
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