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Autism rights activist

United StatesActivistsBorn 1962 · age 64
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James Sinclair is an American autistic activist and writer who helped pioneer the neurodiversity movement. Sinclair, along with Xenia Grant and Donna Williams, formed Autism Network International (ANI). Sinclair became the original coordinator of ANI.

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Jim Sinclair
said · 1998
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There is no inherent conflict between accepting and working with autism on one hand, and promoting increased skill development on the other.

Is "Cure" A Goal?, 1998

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Jim Sinclair
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If you understand life, you know that it wants to continue. If you feel life throbbing under your touch, you know it’s desecration to set your hand to stop that living pulse.

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Jim Sinclair
said · 1993
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You didn't lose a child to autism. You lost a child because the child you waited for never came into existence.

This is what we hear when you mourn over our existence. This is what we hear when you pray for a cure. This is what we know, when you tell

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James Sinclair is an American autistic activist and writer who helped pioneer the neurodiversity movement. Sinclair, along with Xenia Grant and Donna Williams, formed Autism Network International (ANI). Sinclair became the original coordinator of ANI. Sinclair is an advocate for the anti-cure position on autism, arguing that autism is an integral part of a person's identity and should not be cured. Sinclair is intersex.

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United States
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Born 1962 · age 64
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