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Autism Network International

Advocacy organization run by and for autistic people

Autism Network International (ANI) is an advocacy organization run by and for autistic people. ANI's principles involve the anti-cure perspective, the perspective that there should not be a goal to "cure" people of autism.

History

ANI was started by Jim Sinclair, Kathy Grant, and Donna Williams in 1992.{{Cite news | access-date = 29 February 2016 | access-date = 29 February 2016 | url-access=subscription | access-date = 1 March 2016

ANI is responsible for coining the phrase "neurologically typical".{{Cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160505152712/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1777521561.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 May 2016 | access-date = 29 February 2016 | url-access=subscription | access-date = 1 March 2016

Autreat

Autreat was a United States retreat and conference hosted by Autism Network International for autistic people. The first Autreat was in 1996, and was held at Camp Bristol Hills in New York. In 1999, there were 80 attendees, with one woman traveling from as far as Japan. Autreat was held annually between 1996 and 2013, with the exception of 2001.

Autreat was a conference for autistic people "designed by autistic people".{{Cite news | access-date = 29 February 2016

Guests were under no pressure to interact socially. A simple visual code in the form of a colored badge was used to indicate members who wish to interact with anyone and everyone, those who wish not to be approached by strangers, and those who wish not to be approached at all. Autreat helped allow autistic individuals a "place to pursue and enjoy a nonconforming subculture".{{Cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S7NlCwAAQBAJ&q=autreat&pg=PA696 | editor-last = Howe | editor-first = Blake | editor-last2 = Jensen-Moulton | editor-last3 = Lerner | editor-first3 = Neil | editor-last4 = Straus | editor-first4 = Joseph

Autreat inspired similar programs such as AutCon in the western United States, as well as in other countries, such as Autscape in England, Projekt Empowerment in Sweden and AUTcamp in Italy.

References

"Joining ANI". Autism Network International.
"Autistic Archive - Our Voice".
"Autreat past presentations".
Harmon, Amy. (2004-12-20). "How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading". The New York Times.
Sinclair, Jim. "History of ANI".
"AutCon".
"AUTcamp 2024 – Neuropeculiar".

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