Talk:Autism Network International

ANI vs Autreat
I see an article titled "Autism Network International" that is almost entirely about one of ANI's activities, Autreat. In the 90s, in particular, ANI was at least as noteable for its email discussion list (ANI-L) and, to a lesser extent, its pen pal directory and web resources. I am an autistic person in my mid-40s who joined ANI in 1993ish. I have never been to an Autreat (I live in Australia). 110.142.45.71 (talk) 04:24, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Do you by chance know if the email discussion list is still active? It seems like it isn't letting anyone else join it... Hook54321a 08:29, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Incident at Autreat 2013
There was a incident at Autreat 2013, in which the accessibility needs of one attendee were misunderstood by another (who, besides being an attendee, was also one of the organizers). The resulting conflict was very badly handled, causing the first attendee to have a severe emotional and psychological reaction. After the event was over, the organizers, rather than acknowledge the problem, blamed the attendee whose accessibility needs were misunderstood. This has continued for months. Two main primary sources are: the official incident report from the organizers; the perspective of the first attendee (1st of 7 parts, see comments for links to the others). While I'm not aware of any secondary sources discussing this (yet), it did seem significant enough to at least mention it here on the talk page, in case others might be inspired to search for sufficient sources to justify including it in the article. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:36, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance. According to reliable sources (e.g., Autism, a Social and Medical History by Mitzi Waltz), ANI is of historical importance because it is the first organization to be run by autistic individuals. I realize that this sourced claim should be added to the article, but the article should not be deleted. CatPath (talk) 20:01, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy deletion request declined. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 23:08, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined

 * -- Hi ! Season's greetings to you and thanks for patrolling new pages, Wikipedia appreciate your help. However, I respectfully declined your speedy deletion request with no prejudice against the article's deletion through WP:AfD if the subject's notability is in doubt because WP:CSD does not applies. Autism Network International is not an organized event. Please, accept my apology, if you think I've misinformed you in anyway. Warmest regards. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 23:08, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 28 February 2016

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The result of the move request was: Not Moved Mike Cline (talk) 13:29, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Autism Network International → Autreat – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Autism_Network_International on the AfD page, User:Markeer says that Autreat is a better name, and I am basically the only editor. Ylevental (talk) 20:58, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Additional sources for this title seem to have been added so probably no reason to change the name. My original comment on the AfD was based on a cursory glance for sources on my part, not an extensive study of the subject - Markeer 22:49, 2 March 2016 (UTC)


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