> Members might be interested in following the first online International
> Conference on Autism.
>
> For further details and to register as a delegate please visit
> http://www.autism99.org
>
> Gill.
Yes, and its distressingly medical model too.
The homepage is laid out like a building with various parts - looks a
pretentious modern admin centre/ clinic/ conference centre. Notice that there
is no quietspace where autistics can be. Let alone not a tree in space.
Warning: "(Professional) Men at Work"
There is some space for a few autistics to respectfully and pathetically
relate their 'stories' to the assembled experts ... to help them "help" us
better.
Aaarrgggggh - i'm disgusted.
And above all I'm disgusted with myself for not putting in a piece pointing
out a few social model home truths: not "what's wrong with autistics". but
also "what's wrong with society that it cant acccommodate a bit of
neurological diversity - which has always affected a far larger proportion of
the population than you'd ever guess from the dominant neurotypical
discourses".
Judy Singer (reduced to preaching to the converted here in her frustration at
not getting a paper in in time)
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