Come hear a lecture from Ari Ne’eman, President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Member of the National Council on Disability. Ari’s talk will focus on the history of how autism has been approached in research, practice, and society at large, and the ways in which the national conversation on autism has developed distinctly from the wider disability rights movement. Among the themes to be explored will be the ethical and social issues surrounding societal approaches toautism, including the neurodiversity movement, the different narratives around autismin the parent and self-advocate communities, and the ways in which these narratives have shaped policy, for good and ill.
A Q & A session will follow the lecture.**Dinner Will Be Provided**
Brought to you by Wesleyan Students for Disability Rights and Sign Language House; Sponsored by the Adelphic Educational Fund
Date: Sept. 17
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Place: Judd 116
I have autism and am part of the Regional Center where I live.
The reason I say Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) does not represent my
views and those who do not choose to associate is because of their approaches.
It’s not because everything they stand for is wrong it’s because they alienate
really good ideas with very bad approaches. Using abortion politics to make
demands toward tax-payers for services estranges the needs of real people and
estranging compassion as pity in protests signs is just wrong. Caring people
are called Nazi’s, their intents manipulated as if they meant harm and I just
cannot ethically not speak against the propaganda because I think it’s wrong to
warp others intention and everyone should be treated fairly.
ASAN needs to invent into the intentions of others so much to continue it’s PR
game and it got them a nomination by a political party and this is not the
first time an elected figure has done so. I am so tired of being expected to
dumb myself down and go along for the ride as they manipulate what others say
and to me it is a moderate amount of time farfetched as if I shouldn’t be
expected to think as an independent self-advocate otherwise less I am and
others detractors. Everyone deserves respect and when disagreements happen I
believe there should be a diverse conversation going on and not just a group
who has used abortion politics to force their views representing the
self-advocacy community. People in the middle who actually listen to both sides
are not often in the media nor are they allowed to speak through the self-advocacy
network known as ASAN because the views are dictated and it’s not a true
self-advocacy network in the diverse sense.
Neurodiversity simply denotes a diversity exists. As a concept it does not
dictate how each individual of a diversity shall think, believe and choose.
Sincerely,
Nathan Young
Humboldt County, CA
707-215-9657