Aspies For Freedom
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| Formation | 2004 |
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| Founder | Amy Nelson, Gwen Nelson |
| Purpose | Disability advocacy |
| Website | www |
Aspies For Freedom (AFF) is a solidarity and campaigning group aligned with the autistic rights movement. The aim of AFF is to teach the public that autism is not always a disability and that there are advantages as well as disadvantages.[1] The group organizes an annual Autistic Pride Day and opposes attempts to cure autism.[2][3]
History
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Established in 2004 by Amy and Gwen[4][5] Nelson, AFF has received coverage from publications, such as New Scientist magazine.[6] As of August 2007, The Guardian estimated the group's membership at 20,000.[3]
Activism
[edit | edit source]Gwen Nelson has made internet parodies of controversial[7][8][9] non-profit organization Autism Speaks, saying that they were silencing opposing views.[10] AFF petitioned the United Nations in 2004 to have members of the autistic community recognised as a minority status group.[11][12] Gwen Nelson and AFF have spoken out against prenatal genetic testing for autism, portraying it as a difference as opposed to a disease.[3][13]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Anti-Psychiatry
- Autism friendly
- Controversies in autism
- Neurodiversity
- List of autism-related topics
References
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