Respect for privacy

No person with disabilities, regardless of place of residence or living arrangements, shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence or other types of communication or to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. Persons with disabilities have the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
States Parties shall protect the privacy of personal, health and rehabilitation information of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.

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Nothing About Us Without Us

From the blog

Have you thought of this when scheduling an international event?

When an international group of autistic people were looking for an African or South American country to host the world’s first International Autistic Summit in 2020, I recommended Kenya first and Ghana second.

Behaviour is communication (or not)

When ABA therapists (who don’t understand either autism, or apraxia as it manifests in autistics), say, “Behaviour is communication,” and then try to change that behaviour based on their assumption of what the behaviour is communicating…

“I just want my child to lead a normal life.”

If you want your child to lead a normal life, don’t expect me to help you.