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CulturAutismo is an association of specialists who work with subjects on the Autistic Spectrum, their families and other autism professionals.
Its founders believe that public understanding of any particular condition helps to improve the quality of life of all people affected, both personally and professionally.
This means opposing factors that go against improvements in the quality of life of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families, through professional commitment and, when necessary, through promotion of social change.
Such change may take different forms: modifying public perception of autism, but also improving the daily lives of those living with the condition and making it easier for them to access the services they need.
The founders of CulturAutismo believe that autism specialists must give their full support to individuals with ASD and their families in defending their rights and expressing their aspirations for a better quality of life.
In this sense, the founders of CulturAutismo see an important advocacy component in the association’s mission: autism specialists should work side by side with autism rights advocates - those living with ASD and their families – in demanding their rights. The association, encompassing specialists, people with autism, their families and other interested parties, aims to amplify the voices of those with ASD but not to speak for them.
Inspiring principles:
- “Neurodiversity” as a condition of human development
- Autism as a “spectrum” of conditions
- Knowledge of autism comes from “inside”
- Psychoeducation as the intervention of choice for autism
- Family involvement
- Importance of assessment
- Accuracy of diagnosis
- Personalising objectives, strategies and procedures
- Sharing of objectives
- Rejection of aversive methods of intervention
- Adoption of a long-life support perspective
- Compliance of proposals to the chronological ages
- L’adattamento “nei due sensi”
- Specific education and lifelong learning
- Interest in Autism and a respectful and cooperative attitude
- Attention to generalization and to life contexts
- Openness to dialogue, exchange and supervision
- Consistency with the international literature, commitment to accurate information and adoption of an empirical attitude
