The Online Autistic Artistic Carnival is a showcase of various talents from Autistic people of all ages. Submissions from music to art to writing to acting/Video documentaries to all artistic and scientific inventions are welcome.
Autistic people can submit to Drive Mom Crazy blog starting March 17 through June 17! All submissions can be sent by email to a autisticprideday@gmail.com. All work will be posted on June 18, Autistic Pride Day!
The Carnival is an opportunity for autistic people to introduce their latest positive productive invention they created to help Autistic people be seen as an important part of society.
Autistic Pride Day, a “celebration of the neurodiversity of people on the autism spectrum” to express pride in autism and understand it not as a “disease” but as a “difference.” In June, organizations around the world celebrate Autistic Pride Day, with events around the world, to persuade “neuro-typicals”, people not on the autism spectrum, that autistic people are “unique individuals” who should not be seen as cases for treatment."
Autistic pride asserts that autistic people have a unique set of characteristics that provide them many rewards and challenges. Although autism is an expression of neurodiversity, some people promoting Autistic pride believe that some of the difficulties that they experience are as the result of societal issues. For instance, campaigns to gain funding for autism related organizations promote feelings of pity.
Researchers and people with high-functioning autism have contributed to a shift in attitudes away from the notion that autism is a deviation from the norm that must be treated or cured, and towards the view that autism is a difference rather than a disability. New Scientist magazine released an article entitled "Autistic and proud" on the first Autistic Pride Day that discussed the idea.
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