Display project This project introduces the general public to Autistic culture – from the Autistic perspective- in non-pathologizing language. Come in, and read quotes from Autistic authors and Autistic advocates, some of them non-speaking, touching on different themes, as well as a list of common myths about Autistic people, information on “How to be an… Continue reading Autistic Communities in Public Libraries
Category: Announcements
Countdown to a ban of all forms of conversion therapy
Today we have presented our submission to the government’s Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill. From today we will start counting the days until all forms of conversion therapies are banned in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our hope is that this page will only need to be appended a few times with further activities to remind the… Continue reading Countdown to a ban of all forms of conversion therapy
Include all Conversion Therapies in Legislative Ban
Media release: 7 September 2021 Include all conversion therapies in legislative ban, says autistic community Although the government’s Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill is welcome progress, it should be extended to ban all conversion therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand, say members of the autistic community. In a submission to the Justice Select Committee, members from… Continue reading Include all Conversion Therapies in Legislative Ban
Te Hapori Whai Takiwātanga o Aotearoa
An initiative of the Autistic Collaboration Trust Te Hapori Whai Takiwātanga o Aotearoa (https://autismaotearoa.org) is a new website that is designed as an access point to the New Zealand Autistic Community. The autists who are curating and jointly developing the educational material and services of the website are involved in the neurodiversity movement. Most of… Continue reading Te Hapori Whai Takiwātanga o Aotearoa