Why multiple voices are needed for understanding autism

Why multiple voices are needed for understanding autism

The medical establishment has long controlled the discourse on how society views disabilities in terms of treatment, coping mechanism, and understanding. By exploring how self advocates and parent advocates have entered the discussion in... [more]

The medical establishment has long controlled the discourse on how society views disabilities in terms of treatment, coping mechanism, and understanding. By exploring how self advocates and parent advocates have entered the discussion in terms of autism we can better understand how viewing disability from multiple lenses ultimately leads to more fully understanding of disability, its causes, its treatments, and its place in a functional society.

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/09 -- WHAT: LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) will host "Pull for Autism" Plane Pull 2009 benefiting Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of...  
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