Violence against Autistic people

Content warning: difficult topics. This might get uncomfortable. Remember you always have the option to stop reading if it gets overwhelming.

Filicide

Filicide is a legal term for a parent (or guardian?) murdering their child. The word is more generally used in the disability community to describe any person murdering a relative because of that relative's disability.

If you are searching for ways to help prevent the filicide, to learn more about how to talk about it, or information on how to hold a vigil for a victim, please consult this Anti-Filicide Toolkit, created by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN).

Sexual abuse

Content warning: Sexual violence against minors. This might get uncomfortable. Remember you always have the option to stop reading if it gets overwhelming.

Recent research in France showed that autistic people have a higher risk at being sexually abused.

Suicide

Not sure if this is the right article for this topic. --Anna (talk)

Police violence

We should take care to acknowledge the intersectionality between ablism and racism, as a lot of the police violence against Autistic people is specifically against Black Autistic people.