Autism is not a disease but a way of being
April 2, the World Autism Awareness Day (World Autism Awareness Day) began, a day when autism is in the global spotlight. This day is meant to make everyone aware of what autism really is. Around this day, the Dutch Association for Autism (NVA) and the Autism Fund organize Autism Week: a whole week with activities about autism and for people with autism, their family and all other interested parties.
Autism is an innate condition that causes signals in the brain to not be processed properly. Autists perceive their environment as disjointed and are difficult to empathize with others. An estimated 35 million people around the world have an autistic spectrum disorder.
People with autism are often seen as people with disabilities. That's nonsense, thinks Akke Schuurmans. She pleads on Saturday, on World Autism Day, to call people with autism “thinking differently” or “neurodiverse”.
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