Jim Sinclair
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Autism rights movement |
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Ethical challenges to treatment |
Controversies about labels |
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Aspies For Freedom |
Autism Network International |
Philosophy |
Neurodiversity · Neurotypical |
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Michelle Dawson · Rett Devil |
Jim Sinclair · Judy Singer |
Jim Sinclair is an autism rights activist who is the coordinator of Autism Network International. Jim Sinclair has written an essay titled "Don't Mourn for Us" which has been widely distributed over the Internet. This essay has made Jim Sinclair well known for having the anti-cure perspective in autism.
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Sinclair, who is an intersex person, is credited with having coined the gender neutral pronoun "xe".
[edit] References
- ↑ Harmon, Amy. "How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading", New York Times, 20 December 2004.
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NAME | Sinclair, Jim |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | autism rights activist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lamesa, Texas |
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