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The aim of this event is to affirm and defend the rights of people with autism - who have different abilities and characteristics - to autonomy, quality of life and inclusion, in order to break the still existing negative vision.

These rights are reaffirmed in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

According to a American Psychiatric Association, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are “a neurobehavioral syndrome originating from central nervous system disorders affecting the normal development of the child.

Symptoms occur in the first three years of life and include three major domains of disturbance: social, behavioural and communicational”.

World Autism Pride Day is celebrated to get to know the different facets of autism better: the one who can't talk, the one who couldn't learn to read, the one who can't interact, the one who gets angry with noises, the one who doesn't feel comfortable with strangers, the one who played with her parents for the first time, the one who can stay in school... in short, be proud not to hide that autism is something difficult to deal with, but that doesn't define who the person is. What we need is to accept it with its limitations and recognize its innate potential, including the one with the autism spectrum.

This date was created in 2005 by the ASPIES FOR FREDOM (AFF) Group.

More information at www.aspiesforfreedom.com