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Daily Telegraph
Jan. 10th, 2005 01:35 amAutistic Liberation Front fights the 'oppressors searching for a cure'
By David Harrison and Tony Freinberg
It is the latest freedom movement for an "oppressed" minority: the Autistic Liberation Front. You can wear a badge, buy a mug or don a T-shirt proclaiming the movement's goals - to celebrate autism, stop the search for a cure and "defend the dignity of autistic citizens".
The movement, which uses the clenched fist as its logo, was founded recently in America but has rapidly won support in Britain. Adherents compare themselves with gay liberationists, fighting for their "human rights".
Their badges declare, "I am not a puzzle, I am a person" and, "Here we're silenced. Parents don't speak for me."
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By David Harrison and Tony Freinberg
It is the latest freedom movement for an "oppressed" minority: the Autistic Liberation Front. You can wear a badge, buy a mug or don a T-shirt proclaiming the movement's goals - to celebrate autism, stop the search for a cure and "defend the dignity of autistic citizens".
The movement, which uses the clenched fist as its logo, was founded recently in America but has rapidly won support in Britain. Adherents compare themselves with gay liberationists, fighting for their "human rights".
Their badges declare, "I am not a puzzle, I am a person" and, "Here we're silenced. Parents don't speak for me."
( Read more... )
