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Stigmatization of autism can also be perpetuated by advertising from autism conversion organizations, such as Autism Speaks' advertising wherein a mother describes having considered murder-suicide in front of her autistic daughter or the NYU Child Study Center's advertisements where autism is personified as a kidnapper holding children for ransom.
The second ethics review found that the first ethics review was correctly decided and that the study should continue. [11] In January of 2025 the project was cancelled, citing among other reasons the availability of genetic samples now available from other databases since the study was paused.
In 2010 American psychiatrist and researcher Dawn Hendricks published Employment and adults with autism spectrum disorders: Challenges and strategies for success. Highlighting the very low employment rate and the desire of adults with autism to work, [31] she argued for the option of employment support to be made available to all. [32]
A 2021 pilot study found the mean number of current special interests reported was nine. [16] Intense special interests were written about by French psychiatrist Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol in 1827. [17] They were tied to a condition today considered autism by Soviet child psychiatrist Grunya Sukhareva (Груня Сухарева) in 1925.
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.
Michelle Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, also known as Cedillo, was a court case involving the family of Michelle Cedillo, an autistic girl whose parents sued the United States government because they believed that her autism was caused by her receipt of both the measles-mumps-and-rubella vaccine (also known as the MMR vaccine) and thimerosal-containing vaccines.
the studies clearly describe characteristics of the client samples An intervention is considered probably efficacious if it meets the above criteria for greater than three single-case studies. Social Stories are neither considered well established, nor considered probably efficacious, due to the limitations of the current body of research.
Autism Speaks has faced criticism from autism rights advocates for failing to represent autistic people and for exploitative practices. [92] Until he resigned in 2013, John Elder Robison was Autism Speaks' only board member openly recognized as being on the autism spectrum. His resignation came two days after the release of an op-ed by the ...