Changing Minds: Advocates Reshape How We Think About Autism

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Members of ASAN Sacramento hand out fliers to families walking for Autism Speaks. The walkers themselves have autistic children and friends, and ASAN hopes to convince them to support other groups

"The protesters call themselves "autistic people." Members of the organization they're protesting call them "people with autism." While this may seem like another blip in the mostly inconsequential static of political correctness, the simple act of naming is tied up in the perception of whether autism is an epidemic disease or a developing culture":
http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-10-31/news ... e-culture/