Autism Rights Advocacy
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Painting by the late Richard Wawro, renowned artist and autistic savant. Drawn from images seen only once, his paintings have so much depth, they’ve moved me to tears. Amazingly, Richard Wawro was not only autistic, he was also technically blind.
” Let’s stop this silly and harmful practice of treating autism like a behavioral disorder rather than a neurological difference.” – Frank Klein
- Frank Klein
- BallastExistenz (Amanda Baggs)
- Autism Diva
- Michelle Dawson
- Jasmine Lee O’Neill
- Jim Sinclair
- Donna Williams
- Autism Hub
The Autism Acceptance Project – Tapping into human potential and dignity. https://www.taaproject.com/
Taap Video: https://www.taaproject.com/media/the-taap-video/ Shows how art, music and understanding have helped autistics find themselves and their voice.
” My autism is not a problem. It creates problems. But it is not going to go away. I want help with my problems not with who I am. I want you to offer support but do not try and change me into someone else.” – Mike Stanton’s autistic son
Stephen Wiltshire – artistic mastery so powerful, it leaves you breathless. Also drawn from images seen only once, Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic savant.
The image on the right is Stephen’s favorite – Times Square at Night – painted entirely from memory. It’s a work of genius. One art critic commented that the traffic in the painting seems to be moving!
On June 9,2006, Stephen appeared before His Royal Highness to receive his MBE award for services to art.
What is autism? I’m wondering if it has something to do with excruciating sensitivity. Some of the ‘experts’ say it has something to do with sensory confusion, with underreacting or overreacting to sensory stimuli, having problems balancing the senses or integrating them. But someone autistic said about herself that even the underreacting was what happened when it was over the top. Temple Grandin said that being autistic was like having the volume turned up, noises and sounds were to her excruciating. So she learned to tune out sounds to the point of seeming deaf. Can you see how it might be difficult to learn language, and socializing which depends on language, if you have to spend most of your time coping with such onslaughts. Just wondering.
Neurotypicalism Everyday by Christschool
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