Ask an Autistic #22 - Why Acceptance? Autism Acceptance Month

What is Autism Acceptance Month? Why is acceptance important? Should I support Autism Speaks and "light it up blue"? What is the difference between awareness and acceptance? What can I do to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month? Answers to all of these questions (and a surprise visit from Jiji's tail) in this special episode of Ask an Autistic! Autism Acceptance Month website: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/ What is Autism Acceptance Month?: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/about/ What is Autism Acceptance?: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/resources/101-3/auti… What is Autism?: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/wp-content/uploads/2… Myths About Autism: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/wp-content/uploads/2… Why Acceptance?: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/wp-content/uploads/2… Autistic Hoya's Autism FAQ: www.autistichoya.com/p/introduction-to-autism-faqs… Autistic-led autism/disability organizations to donate to! The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN): autisticadvocacy.org/ Autism Women's Network: autismwomensnetwork.org/ National ADAPT: www.facebook.com/NationalAdapt?fref=nf AASPIRE: www.aaspire.org/ ASAN-Vancouver Meetup page: www.meetup.com/asan-van/ Find your local provincial/territorial Autism Society (Canada): www.autismsocietycanada.ca/about-asc/provincial-an… Writings on the topic of awareness and acceptance: blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/2012/04/02/autism-aware… www.autismacceptancemonth.com/can-you-have-inclusi… autismacceptance.org/page/why-autism-acceptance neurocosmopolitanism.com/april-autism-and-allies/ www.babble.com/mom/autism-acceptance-month-10-thin… Hashtags and acceptance campaigns: #autismacceptance #autismacceptancemonth #walkinred twitter.com/walkinred Tone it Down Taupe: timetolisten.blogspot.ca/2013/03/tone-it-down-taup… www.facebook.com/pages/Tone-it-Down-Taupe/44694578… Light it up Rainbow: www.facebook.com/pages/Light-it-up-Rainbow/6022637… "Vectors of Autism" (free documentary online): www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/… "Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic" documentary: lovinglamppostsmovie.com/ "Citizen Autistic" Documentary: www.amazon.ca/Citizen-Autistic-Import/dp/B00KU3Y3Z… Autism Acceptance/autistic rights/neurodiversity merchandise on www.cafepress.ca/+autism-rights+gifts My Redbubble (autism and neurodiversity mechandise): www.redbubble.com/people/amythests/portfolio/top+s… My tumblr blog: neurowonderful.tumblr.com/ My "about me" page: neurowonderful.tumblr.com/tagged/about My FAQ page: neurowonderful.tumblr.com/faq My twitter page: twitter.com/AmythestSchaber My facebook page: www.facebook.com/amythestschaber The track used in this video is "Like Music" by pheraph The captions for this video were graciously provided by Dendri of dendriforming.tumblr.com Want to help translate this video into other languages? Go here: amara.org/v/GVIx/

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