WHEN I sat down with autistic Scots author Colin Burnett this week, in the 21st-century remote working version of “sitting down” anyway, it…
The autistic community has reclaimed Autism Awareness Week as Autism Acceptance Week, writes Kelly Given
This week is the annual “Autism Awareness Week” – officially – though the autistic community has reclaimed it as Autism Acceptance Week, citing that the former had become commercialised, corporate and tokenistic. The consensus is that society needs to evolve past simply being aware of autism, and actually embrace and accept autistic people in all aspects of life.
Arguably, there is no better time than the month of April to spotlight autistic people themselves, and the various contributions they are making to the world. Forced through a tribunal process, where his specialist advocate was not even allowed to speak on his behalf, the experience inspired Colin to “put the state on trial instead” and expose the realities of our class-divided society.
Despite struggling with dyslexia and being discouraged by unsupportive teachers, he knew he had a passion and, encouraged by his supportive parents, he set on the path to university where he began writing and self-publishing short stories.
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