Donate

Stories

Autistic Pride Day is no longer one day.

Originally created on 18 June 2005 by autistic led advocacy group Aspies for Freedom, Autistic Pride Day was built as a day for autistic people to define themselves on their own terms.

About 3 minutes to read

The words yesterday, today, tomorrow repeated on a dark green wall.

Autistic Pride Day becomes a year round platform today, with the launch of a new global portal, a new learning platform, and The Autistic Standard.

Originally created on 18 June 2005 by autistic led advocacy group Aspies for Freedom, Autistic Pride Day was built as a day for autistic people to define themselves on their own terms. For nearly two decades, it existed primarily as an online and community led movement observed around the world.

Saved pages wait in your campaign page. Members only.

Related stories.

  • Autism and school. The first system to fail us.

    Most Autistic adults carry some version of school trauma. The setting failed us early, and it failed us consistently, and many of us did not recover the relationship with learning that we might otherwise have had.

  • Autism in later life.

    The late diagnosis cohort is moving into its fifties, sixties, seventies, and the public conversation about autism has not caught up.

All stories

Support

Keep the campaign free.

Autistic Pride Day is free to read. It runs because people fund it. Aurum Foundation, an Australian charity, holds the donations.

Donate now Every way to take part

Get the news first.

Campaign news in your inbox. Nothing else.

We use your email for campaign news only. Privacy