• 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 Autistics.org Autism Information Library
  Great "library" of essays by autistics (and a few by non-autistic allies/parents) exploring various topics -- what it's like in an institution, acceptance vs. cure, reasons for different autistic "behaviors" like stimming, what it's like to always hide one's autistic traits, etc.
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• The cruel toll of disability hate crime | Tom Shakespeare | The Guardian
  A disabled columnist comments on how he came to realize that hate crimes against the disabled really do exist, and about the damage it does to the victims. "I think my mental block arose because I did not want to believe that human beings could be so vile. I was wrong."
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• The Joy of Autism
  Former blog by the mother of a 'classic' autistic boy; the old posts remain an amazing resource. (The mother, Estee Klar, now blogs at another site.)
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• The Misbehaviour of Behaviourists
  Michelle Dawson's excellent essay on the ethical issues in ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) therapy, including Lovaas' original intent of normalizing feminine boys to 'prevent' them from being gay.
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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 other story from a 'Pillow Angel': Been There, Done That, Preferred To Grow
  A woman with static encephalopathy writes from firsthand experience about why kids with conditions like hers shouldn't have their growth arrested or be assumed to have a low IQ because they can't speak.
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• The Politics of Pain Infliction, Punishment and Control
  "I was innocent. I didn't know about the wordsmiths, coercive persuasion, the hush-ups by parents, the reputation of certain programs of being "cults." ... Only after my child was traumatized did they admit that others had been traumatized before my child...."
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• The Posautive YouTube Group
  Now-archived group of videos by autistic people & family of autistics of all ages, showing the positive "side" of autism the media resolutely pretends isn't there.
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• The Rashid Buttar hearing
  Information & sample transcript from NC's med board hearing for Dr. Rashid Buttar, who (among other things) administered increasingly aggressive chelation to a girl without seeing her, even though her health & ability to function was severely deteriorating in his care.
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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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• There's Nothing Wrong With My Autistic Son
  Describes a mother's journey from feeling pain at having an "abnormal" child, to how & why she decided to accept him as an autistic child rather than trying to make him into a typical one.
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• To Get To The Other Side - Estée Klar's blog/website
  Newer blog by Estee Klar, mother of a classic autistic boy called Adam.
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