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KenG
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08 Jun 2020, 4:53 am

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many outdoor Autistic Pride events can't happen for the foreseeable future.

Because of this, a group of Autistic Pride organisers have come together to create an online event on Saturday, 20th June, open to everybody from anywhere. Here we can be proud to be autistic and assert ourselves for a day.

It will be held on Zoom and streamed through YouTube. The link and joining instructions will be given soon. You don't need a zoom account to join us.

The draft schedule is below. All times are British Summer Time:

9:30 - 10 am - intro by Autistic Pride Alliance
10 - 11 am London Autistic Pride - Joseph Redford
11 - 12 am Aberdeen Autistic Pride @Marion McLaughlin
12-12:20pm Jess Benton
12:20 -1 pm: Children's time, Autistic Kids sending messages about how they are proud to be Autistic, and clips that the makers of Pablo have prepared for us.
1-2 pm Mark Blake - Autistic League/Autistic Pride Tunbridge Wells Removing M H Difficulties
2-3 pm Autistic Pride Reading
3-4 pm Billie Jo Gibson-Liverpool Autistic Pride - LGBTQIA+
intersectionality within the autistic community.
4- 5 pm - Autistic Paddies (Autistic Pride Dublin)
5-6 pm David Gray-Hammond, Neuroclastic
6-6:30pm Emma Dalmayne and William Vanderpuije
6:30- 7 pm Adrie Van Der Meer-Autistic Pride Eastbourne
7-7:30pm Dominic Peter Barron: Hull Autistic Pride
7:30-8pm Callum Brazzo
8-9 pm Sara Jane Harvey-Chester Autistic Pride
9- 10 pm Gwen Nelson History Of Autistic Pride and Why we Started it


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08 Jun 2020, 6:00 pm

deserves respect!



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11 Jun 2020, 1:24 am

This looks awesome! - though I'm sad it starts at 2am my time :(



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20 Jun 2020, 5:33 am

#AutisticPride2020 is streaming live on YouTube right now:
https://youtu.be/90JLB-MYbik

The live stream will continue throughout the day and the evening (UK/Europe time).


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20 Jun 2020, 7:43 pm

KenG wrote:
#AutisticPride2020 is streaming live on YouTube right now:
https://youtu.be/90JLB-MYbik

The live stream will continue throughout the day and the evening (UK/Europe time).

It is not live anymore but all it, almost 12 hours is preserved.


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21 Jun 2020, 11:50 pm

I wore Schultz (my helmet) yesterday to celebrate.


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22 Jun 2020, 6:18 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
KenG wrote:
#AutisticPride2020 is streaming live on YouTube right now:
https://youtu.be/90JLB-MYbik

The live stream will continue throughout the day and the evening (UK/Europe time).

It is not live anymore but all it, almost 12 hours is preserved.


Cool! I know what I'm going to be watching this weekend, then.
I love how they borrowed from Gay Pride.
I think I will share this w/ the gay chess club. I have this theory that more players are Aspy then the gen pop.


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23 Jun 2020, 12:50 pm

It was a lovely day, thank you Chen for sharing this.



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26 Jun 2020, 9:27 am

Never understood the pride concept. I want less attention. These things annoy me. I often feel they are always put on by third party people, parents , or people who use autism to supplement their public domain personality.

I'm not proud.



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11 Feb 2021, 11:35 am

killerBunny wrote:
These things annoy me. I often feel they are always put on by third party people, parents , or people who use autism to supplement their public domain personality.
Autistic Pride Day was started in 2005 by a group of autistics. Here is one of the main founders, Gwen Nelson, describing the history of Autistic Pride Day:


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