Talk:Autistic Pride Day

message: This article contains opinions which are stated as facts, e.g. "at the bare minimum there should be..." Kappa 04:56, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have edited the article to be neutral, and state that people have opinions instead of stating the opinions as fact. Q0 02:38, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the only complaint about neutrality was that opinions were stated as facts, and since I have edited them to state "advocates of autism pride have the opinion that ..." I think I can remove the POV dispute notice. Q0 02:11, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: In Europe this is not a thing, probably because the people who didn't get along immigrated out of Europe.
In my European cultural frame of reference the symbols on the flag are funny, because these show how movements try to claim as much unrelated goodness as possible.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.108.100 (talk) 15:46, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural relevance 

message: 'Event' = Something that happens at a given place and time.
Some events I perform very well, other events I can not handle. The most important is that perform events that is done well and have insight to ask for help to the events that I need. This is the core of my definition of Autistic pride. 
I need help, yes! with some events not all.
I can do it on my own!
I dislike that some people want to 'cure autism' which is the opposite to 'autistic pride'. My view on autism is related to my concept of the soul: 'soul and body' must have something combined that the 'single soul' lack, why else will the soul take a body in its care if it do not gain something from it. The soul is more important than the material body. Autism is the inner core of the soul and the body must contain certain brain configuration for an autist soul to descend into the autist body.
The most important day in the Autistic life is the day that you are given a diagnosis. When you gain a diagnosis then you can explain to yourself and other what is wrong in life. My life was characterized with constant misconceptions in school and interaction with other humans until I was 22 year. When I got my diagnosis 90% of the bad things that happened could be explained. When a diagnosis are set the strengths of the being suddenly appear from the cloud of life. The definition of strengths is very important because in that moment you also get a definition of shortcomings. When you know about shortcomings then you can ask for help and not be ashamed for it. 
(Sometimes time and space collapse inward in my head and I feel for short periods the 'breath of Cosmos' and a feeling of bliss expand from the body.)
I live on planet earth and I am a part of this universe as a soul and as a body.
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The autistic causality:
A large portion of life is wrong, noone understand and/or I don't understand
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Diagnosis
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What events am I do well
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Opposition – what events gives me difficulties
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Explaination to myself and others
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Do events I do well and makes I feel good
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Ask for help with what I have difficulties with
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All this hopefully makes me feel a bit better
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--Msitua 13:22, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autistic pride 

message: This article should be merged with Autistic culture. It's essentially a promotion piece for an event which has happened once. If it's not merged, it should be deleted; I'll put up a VfD in a week or so if some action hasn't happened. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 04:01, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Msitua, who is autistic himself, added the ribbon. ManekiNeko 08:03, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Again, I have to state emphatically that WP:NOT a crystal ball - as it the text is already merged and it should just redirect anyway. WhiteNight T | @ | C 20:15, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging 

message: The article mentions a Seattle parade being the main celebration -- is this true? I can find nothing on the web that says it happened -- no newspaper article or anything. Just copies of this article or materials from the APD site. Not that everything can be found on the web, but it is a bit odd. ManekiNeko 04:45, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: So there was nothing in Seattle after all? I live there, and I saw no sign of any event. But it's not mentioned in the article now, anyway. ManekiNeko | Talk 02:01, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seattle parade? 

message: Who is Kyle Ervin?  He should be either linked or justified in the text.  Generally, this strikes me as one of many Autism pages that seem to exist only in reference to each other rather than to any natural (i.e. googlable) phenomenon.  At the very least, a lot of merging is in order.  CalG 02:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hah, never mind.  Someone killed Kyle before my page updated.  CalG 02:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kyle Ervin? 

message: An editor has suggested that this page is "unbalanced" but there is no indication of what opposing view points might be brought forward. Is the editor looking for a line that reads, "On the other hand, some people think that autistic people suck."? I don't see a flag on the Gay Pride Day article. Maybe the editor could be more specific.
There are many autistics who feel that autism is a disability; something to be overcome, not celebrated. The likely consequence of treating autism as an alternate kind of normal is that special educational assistance will denied autistic children who badly need it. 128.165.87.144 22:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbalanced? 

message: This is a question I thought would be safe to ask before I consider nominating this page for deletion, as in 2007 I saw absolutely NO evidence whatsoever that APD had actually taken place on the 18th of June as it should have done.  Does it still take place? If "no" then has Amy abandoned it? I would rather know this than risk wasting my time just nominating the article for deletion, even Amy herself, as much as she has caused me suffering, can reply to this if she likes Pika Pikachu2005 21:17, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does APD actually take place now or has Amy Nelson abandoned it like everything else? 

message: They are probably not going to keep the name "Autistic Pride Day", because being autistic in itself is not something to be proud of. A lot of people with low-functioning autism have special needs and cannot survive on their own, yet this event only addresses people with high-functioning autism. It is a great misnomer.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.120.139 (talk) 22:30, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it a bit of a joke.  Most people with autism by the nature of the issue can't give a damn about the idea of an autism pride day.  Toby Douglass (talk) 13:16, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Event might be renamed

message: The following was removed by a newbie, so I'll reinsert it. To the one who removed it: You don't censor talk pages at will! You may disagree in which case you take it up on the talk page. But here is what was removed:
:The medical profession apparently disagrees. Look up Autism. That being said, there's no reason not to celebrate autistic pride or pride in whatever for that matter. But autism is a malfunction of the brain, properly referred to a psychiatrist, just like schizophrenia and depression. Cheers Þórður Breiðfjörð (talk) 14:45, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Not a disease

message: A large portion about the article (and the part with most of the refs) is about autism in general, and attitudes about autism, rather than being about Autistic Pride Day itself.  Can there be more discussion of how APD got started, what sort of events/etc. have been held to observe it, and yada yada? rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 02:34, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Focus 

message: Monteparnas (talk) 17:39, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with the flag and others