Published on 12, July, 2020
I’ll make a poll for this later when I’m on my laptop. However the question I put to you is this. Should there exist local organisations in the major cities patterned like student unions but with the specific aim of serving autistic adults.
such organisations would:
notes:
Great idea! Have you heard of Autistic UK or The Neurodiverse Self Advocacy Network? These organisations operate in a similar way to a union.
https://www.autisticuk.org/
https://ndsa.uk/content/
They seem like they only do collective 'advocacy' which I'd usually term political campaigning. Nothing wrong with that but not sure how it overlaps with this?
Sorry must have misunderstood. I thought there was a link because both of the groups I have suggested above are run by and for autistic people.
You are incredibly welcome.
Ah brilliant, thank you.
No need to apologise, it’s great to share interests!
Yes of course.
I have just also bought the book Untypical- I have not read it yet but it is meant to be brilliant!
If you want a more extensive list of book recommendations, here are some links:
https://aucademy.co.uk/books/
Also, here is a spreadsheet of all the autistic/neurodivergent literature you could possibly want:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N9A6SUxJPr2j03p5d48-Moxe9dKexfxdNgeOG007ayA/htmlview
Enjoy your autistic literature deep dive, I hope you find a book that interests you!
Ausomely, sorry to "hijack you" here but I can't send a DM to ask.I noticed you said about reading autistic biographies and autobiographies/memoirs in your profile bio.Can you recommend me some? I'm due to start summer holidays soon and will have time for reading more then.
Yes I agree. We are the experts on our own experiences.