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Petition update, 25 April 2008

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Many fear current events could result in the total genocide of autistic people via a prenatal test and the prospect of invasive brain surgery, forced medication, "behavioural therapy" and other methods designed to forcefully change an autistic person into a non-autistic one.

The undersigned view this growing situation as akin to the rise of civil rights for black people and homosexuals, or the rise of feminism. We wish to be granted the same legal protections under law as other minority groups without having to take the label of being disabled. Many of us are in the situation of being labelled as disabled in order to call into question our mental competence, while at the same time not being disabled enough to get reasonable adjustments to workplaces and services where required. Many autistics are unemployed due to prejudice from employers while being fully qualified to work. Various autistic traits all contribute to the prejudice we face without affecting our ability to work.

Current signatories

Gareth Nelson, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Kirstie Devine
• Stuart Morrow
• Paul McGee
• David Salter
• Anthony Newman
• L MacDonald
• George Handley
• James Robinson
• Jake Chesters
• Kerry Brook
• Jacqueline Mary Mcpherson
• Simon Webster
• Dawn Louise Sheridan
• Dinah Murray
• Kevin Brook
• Denise Ellerman
• Roisin Cush
• Mel Hodgkinson
• Simeon Reynolds
• R Membury
• Alex McNeil
• Elisabeth Clark
• Emma McNeil
• Alexis Miller
• Julie Nadian
• Pete Jordan
• Andrew Hillum
• Mrs. Ann McGee
• Ian Robert Moore
• Michael Liam While
• Holly Bowry
• Helen O'Kane
• Phil Lee
• Roger Ford
• Vanessa Wojkiewicz
• Balvinder Mudan
• Madeline Hughes
• Mary O'Conner
• Michelle Knight
• kathy wong chong
• sam austin
• Brigitte Barnes
• Kieran Cush
• Caoimhín Mac Giolla Catháin
• A. Ruth Lavender
• kellyhutchison
• Christopher Maguire
• Dorcas Munday
• Julie Euston
• Claire Stone
• Andrew Kennett
• Carla Woods
• Laura Jackson
• sharon fennell
• Thomas Cameron
• Seth Kneller
• Jude Ayres
• Stephen Roberts
• Mike Stanton
• Benjamin Simpson
• Jane Repman
• Lisa Barker
• Mandy Peterson
• Buzz
• Emily Jones
• Gabrielle Taylor
• Dr Ian Hale
• Samuel Cookson
• Jean Cozens
• Lee Barker
• Carol Oakes
• Kerry Amanda Oakes
• S Middleton
• Jan-Ellen Harriman
• Sharon Stevens
• Jonathan Bishop
• amy robson
• veronica short
• Damon Lee
• Steven Wilson
• Suzi Boardman
• Paul Statham
• matt milne
• Tom Bedford
• Lauren Gardner
• Richard Bennett
• Celia Foster
• Ciaran Hamilton
• Richard Lawrence
• Isobel Geegan
• Suzanne Shaw
• sally slade
• Jackie Freshfield
• Terry Cload
• Zara Allan
• Deborah Shuck
• Letitia
• Oliver Slade
• Jamie Quinlan
• S A Brown
• Andrea Murray
• Sara Hicks
• Ross Henderson
• Heather McLinton
• Jonathan West
• Debbie Gurton
• M T Harrison
• Adam Coles
• Nicholas Brace
• John McLinton
• Heather Brace
• Gregory Whittam
• Alexei Brakov
• Gary Martin
• Andrew Main
• David Main
• David Blissett
• Edward Joseph Piggott
• Phillip Roberts
• Ian Hopkins
• Ben Mack
• Sandra Morgan
• Rachel Green
• Ceri Watling
• naomi collins
• Emma-Lee Westwood
• robert rogerson
• Samuel Ackary
• Matthew Stephenson
• Daryll Golding
• Riaz Sobrany
• Emma Priest
• Oliver Philip Trueman
• Jake Bevan
• Amy McQuillan
• rebecca jones
• Danielle Blance
• William Woodhead
• zoebroome
• Ben Hassan
• FJ Turnbull
• A.K.U.
• Natalie Olivadoti
• Suzanne Elliott
• abbi wall
• linda doherty
• Maddie Samuels
• Stephen Jones
• benjamin roberts
• chris hilliard
• Chris Stokes
• Janette Fraser
• Stephen Wallis
• Richard Blackstone
• Kasia
• Nicola O'Connor
• Steven Pellen
• Roger Turner
• Elizabeth Hills
• Michael Chamberlain
• Isobel Morris
• marisa narthex
• James Parnes
• peter murphy
• Craig Ellis
• Scott Harrison
• Selina Postgate
• SOPHIA HILL
• James Wilson
• Roderick Cobley
• Wendy Roslow
• Gaye Dalton
• nicholas connor-guscott
• John Wright
• haajar sharaf
• t channon
• Anna Pope
• Colin Revell
• Chris Northcott
• Stefan Blakemore
• philip bannister
• Richard Newbold
• john Kay
• Camil Kocan
• Samuel Lloyd
• angela brown
• Emma Segar
• Vanessa Griffith
• David Horton
• Wendy Robinson
• Mike Wilson
• Elizabeth Fraser
• Louise Foley
• Julian Pilfold-Bagwell
• Simon Gower
• Anya
• Emily Fell
• Iain Bristow
• Peter Riches
• Katy Sherratt
• F
• Maureen Erdwin
• Alan Bayliss
• chris mercer
• Peter Charlton
• John Shimell
• tina harvey
• lloyd purser
• Judy Sutherland
• David Nicholson
• Sheila Wise
• Lisa Cook
• Elaine Astley
• Derek R Allum
• Fraser Stewart
• John Cook
• Christine
• Srdjan Miletic
• George Woolley
• Y'Vette Schultz
• Marc Smith
• Stuart Laird
• Jackie Hayles
• Vijaya Howard
• John McGinley
• laura cahill
• Samuel Whittaker
• Elaine Prentice
• Michael O`Flaherty
• James Alan Wrigley
• Emily Parker
• kelly jackson
• Lindsay lee
• mj worrall
• Linda Wheeler
• D S Evans
• Miss L J McKee
• Basshead
• Larissa Davis
• Erin Young
• Graeme Hunter
• Eliza Grzybowska
• Angela Perks
• Victoria Maroney
• Lorna Irvine
• Linsey Maclean
• lindsay boyce
• Stuart Kelso
• Rebecca David
• Phil Culmer
• Debbie Hilley
• Janet Christmas
• Jonathan Harris
• Ryan Buick
• Louisa Radice
• r maker
• John Andrews
• Eugenie Hibbs
• Alyson Bradley
• Mark Pellett
• cheryl ledward-lee
• Vanessa Ponzoni
• addison jones
• E Sanders
• M.Hammond
• Mark Mackenzie
• Patricia Clinton
• Margaret King (Asperger's Syndrome; but work shdn't be FORCED on us)
• Victoria Longden
• Tobias Holbrook
• Jan Koert BAKKER
• Antoinette Anstis