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[edit]
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[edit]
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.[1]
Suicide[edit]
Not sure if this is the right article for this topic. --Anna (talk)
Withholding of care[edit]
Microaggressions[edit]
Police violence[edit]
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.
References[edit]
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Autism Speaks - Autism stereotypes - Bias - Deficit model - Functioning labels - Ethics of autism research - History of autism - Pathology paradigm - Stigma - Applied behavior analysis - Violence against Autistic people |
