Autistic people are persons: An anniversary

The statement that " autistic people are persons " is part of the 2008 decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal inDawson vs Canada Post Corporation. Today,this decision is one year old. Here is the relevant excerpt:[133] This said, there is no doubt for the Tribunal that autistic people are persons, that unfortunately they are not well accepted in society, that they are looked at often times as special creatures who are not part of society as a whole and that society would be better off without them. The Tribunal is further of the view that autistic people need to be better respected and protected in society. They need above all to be better understood and accepted. [...][134] Hence, the Tribunal is of the view that theCanadian Human Rights Actprovides to autistic people the same protection as to non autistic people and that both are equal before and under the law.These statements are contrary to existing Canadian jurisprudence. In ABA-related litigation, autism advocates have used Canada ' s major human rights laws, including our highest law, theCharter of Rights and Freedoms, to deny the humanity, personhood, equality and human rights of most autistics in Canada.This wholesale denial and dehumanization is exemplified in theAuton andWynberg trial decisions. These two decisions have been universally revered and promoted by autism advocates, as representing what autistics deserve.Autism advocates also universally opposed myintervention inAuton, which sought to inform the...
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