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Autistic campaigners to protest over study that sparked ‘eugenics’ fears

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Autistic campaigners to protest over study that sparked ‘eugenics’ fears
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Autistic campaigners are to protest outside a University of Cambridge autism research centre over a £3 million study they fear could be used to find a cure for autism, or even to attempt to eradicate it altogether through pre-natal screening. Their […]

Campaigners prepare for last-ditch rally to prevent Osime Brown deportation

By Chloe Johnson on 10th June 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Campaigners prepare for last-ditch rally to prevent Osime Brown deportation
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Campaigners are set to protest outside the Home Office this weekend to call on the government to abandon plans to deport a young, black autistic man to Jamaica, a country he has not visited since he was four. They say the […]

Sia’s Music angers Autistic campaigners over ‘insulting’ choice of non-disabled actor

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Sia’s Music angers Autistic campaigners over ‘insulting’ choice of non-disabled actor
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Autistic campaigners have described the decision of singer-songwriter Sia to cast a non-disabled performer to play an Autistic character in her new film as “insulting” and “demeaning”. The trailer for Music (pictured), released by Sia last Thursday, has caused frustration and […]

Charity ‘must listen to autistic people’ in wake of abuse scandal

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Human Rights

Charity ‘must listen to autistic people’ in wake of abuse scandal
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Protesters have warned the National Autistic Society (NAS) that it needs to listen to the voices of autistic people or face being “sidelined”, in the wake of the Mendip House abuse scandal. Representatives of three autistic rights organisations were protesting outside […]

Autistic campaigners to protest outside charity over regime of care home abuse

By John Pring on 21st March 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Autistic campaigners to protest outside charity over regime of care home abuse
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Autistic campaigners are to protest outside the headquarters of a national autism charity next week to highlight what they say is its abhorrent failure to act on a regime of abuse that took place at one of its care homes. The […]

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