Wikipedia:WikiProject Autism/old

Goals

 * 1) To improve the overall quality of articles relating to autism, Asperger syndrome, and the culture of those on the Autism Spectrum.
 * 2) To encourage collaboration and the formation of a community of those on the Autism Spectrum and interested non-autistic Wikipedians.
 * 3) To achieve a consensus from a wider group on what are sometimes controversial topics, emphasizing a representation from people on the Autism Spectrum.
 * 4) To improve the relevant content from all regions of the world.
 * 5) To integrate all of the articles into a consistent classification schema (e.g. category hierarchies).

Projects

 * 1) NPOV.  Manage pages to ensure that all aspects of autism are addressed in a NPOV, i.e. both medical and cultural.
 * 2) Formulate conventions on terminology ("autism spectrum disorder", "person with autism", Asperger/Asperger's, autistic/Autistic, neurotypical, non-autistic/allistic, etc.) and apply throughout Wikipedia.
 * 3) Assist in developing Manual of Style/Disability-related articles and update articles to adhere to it.
 * 4) Discuss possible redirects and disambiguation.

Tasks

 * 1) Develop examples/descriptions of Autistic culture in Sociological and cultural aspects of autism.
 * 2) Add autism-stub at the bottom of autism-related stub articles.
 * 3) Add WikiProject Autism at the top of the talk page of autism-related articles.
 * 4) Rate unassessed articles by quality and importance. For guidelines, see WikiProject Autism/Assessment and WikiProject Autism/Assessment.
 * 5) History of autism: Hans Asperger, Leo Kanner, National Autistic Society, Autism Society of America, History of Asperger syndrome
 * 6) Disambiguate usage of the words autism and autistic, specifying whether they refer to the autism spectrum or to "autistic disorder" as defined by DSM-IV.
 * 7) Split and disambiguate articles that conflate pro-cure and anti-cure perspectives.
 * 8) Enforce consistency across categories, lists, and templates. For example Category:Films about autism, List of films about autism, and Template:Autism films should all have a matching list.

Articles
Please add WikiProject Autism to the talk page of any article within the scope of WikiProject Autism. Once you do, you can see it in the list of the articles in Category:WikiProject Autism articles.

Article alerts
The article alerts page provides a daily summary of article work flows. By watching this page you will know which articles are involved in ongoing actions including, for example, deletion requests or good article nominations.

The new articles listing (please watch this list to get notifications of updates) provides a list of recently created articles. This is also transcluded on New articles which has some further comments. See also the bot activity log and The Rules for this report, which can be tuned or extended as necessary. You can find information about the rules at Compile the Rules.

Articles in need of attention

 * 1) Autism
 * 2) Autism spectrum
 * 3) Asperger syndrome
 * 4) High-functioning autism
 * 5) Diagnosis of Asperger syndrome
 * 6) Autism rights movement
 * 7) Autistic Pride Day
 * 8) Neurodiversity
 * 9) Neurotypical
 * 10) Stimming
 * 11) Twainbow
 * 12) Autism therapies
 * 13) Applied behavior analysis (ABA)
 * 14) Causes of autism
 * 15) Epigenetics of autism
 * 16) Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders
 * 17) Controversies in autism
 * 18) Global perceptions of autism
 * 19) Lovaas model
 * 20) List of people with autism spectrum disorders
 * 21) Retrospective diagnoses of autism
 * 22) Jim Sinclair (activist)
 * 23) Ari Ne'eman
 * 24) Leo Kanner
 * 25) Aspies For Freedom
 * 26) Athletes Against Autism
 * 27) Autism Research Centre
 * 28) Autism Network International
 * 29) Autism Science Foundation
 * 30) Autism Society of America
 * 31) Autism Speaks
 * 32) Light It Up Blue
 * 33) Sacar (charity)
 * 34) Leslie Lemke
 * 35) Donald Meltzer
 * 36) James Henry Pullen
 * 37) Peter Szatmari
 * 38) Stephen Wiltshire
 * 39) Autism spectrum disorders in the media
 * 40) Recovered: Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back
 * 41) Communication Shutdown
 * 42) Tantrum
 * 43) Outline of autism
 * 44) Monotropism

Stubs: Category:Autism stubs and Category:Stub-Class Autism articles

See WikiProject Autism for examples of how this section can be used.

Articles in need of assessments (grading)
Unassessed for quality: Category:Unassessed Autism articles

Unassessed for importance: Category:Unknown-importance Autism articles

See also: WikiProject Autism/Assessment

Articles in need of creation

 * 1) Autism puzzle piece or similar title - puzzle pieces are a common symbol for autism and autism awareness. They are used in logos of many autism-related organizations, most notably the Autism Society of America and Autism Speaks. See also Jigsaw puzzle.
 * 2) Autism Awareness - merge World Autism Awareness Day into this.
 * 3) Autistic Pride - merge Autistic Pride Day into this.
 * 4) Twainbow - "not-for-profit organization dedicated to advocacy for those under the double-rainbow of LGBT and autism."
 * 5) Tone It Down Taupe - an organization made in response to autism awareness campaigns, attempting to move the focus from awareness to acceptance. The title is a parody of Autism Speaks' Light It Up Blue initiative.
 * 6) Autistic culture
 * 7) Autism Women's Network (AWN) - an autism rights organization focused on the intersection of disability and feminism.
 * 8) Sharon da Vanport - co-founder and current president of AWN.
 * 9) Boycott Autism Speaks - an organization urging people to boycott companies that donate money to Autism Speaks.
 * 10) Amy Sequenzia - activist, writer, and poet prominent in the autism rights movement.
 * 11) Anthony Ianni - Michigan State University Basketball Player and National Motivational Speaker
 * 12) Paula Durbin-Westby - Autistic activist, organizer of Autism Acceptance Day.
 * 13) Christine Miserandino - author of the spoon theory and But You Don't Look Sick.
 * 14) Sounding the Alarm - film commissioned by Autism Speaks and released on Netflix.
 * 15) Ollibean - intersectional disability rights organization with a focus on neurodiversity.
 * 16) Alison Singer - former board member of Autism Speaks; co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation.
 * 17) Special interest (autism) - intense interests often mistaken for obsession. Special interest currently redirects to advocacy group.
 * 18) Functioning labels - the categorization of autistic people into a binary of "high-functioning" and "low-functioning", typically delineated by whether the person possesses verbal speech. The terms "mild" and "severe" may also be considered functioning labels.
 * 19) Thinking Person's Guide To Autism - collaborative information resource and publisher of the book by the same name
 * 20) Autistic meltdown or meltdown (autism) - often mistaken for tantrums in children and panic attacks in adults. Usually caused by sensory overload.
 * 21) Autistic burnout or a new section of burnout (psychology) - extreme loss of energy or ability after days or months of continuous effort, especially if passing.
 * 22) Everyday Heaven - fourth in a series of autobiographical books by Donna Williams. Preceded by Nobody Nowhere, Somebody Somewhere, and Like Colour to the Blind.
 * 23) ?Daniel Lightwing - International Mathematical Olympiad participant, inspiration for X+Y film.

After creating a biographical article, be sure to add the subject to List of people on the autism spectrum.

Lists, categories and templates
The following is a list of lists, categories and templates. Editors can improve these by adding new examples and removing examples that are found to lack notability.


 * Category:Artists with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Autism activism
 * Category:Autism activists
 * Category:Autism researchers
 * Category:Autism-related organizations
 * Category:Autism
 * Category:Autistic savants
 * Category:Books about autism
 * Category:Engineers with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Fictional characters on the autistic spectrum
 * Category:Films about autism
 * Category:Musicians with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Neurodiversity
 * Category:Painters with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:People on the autism spectrum
 * Category:People on the autistic spectrum
 * Category:People with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Programmers with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Schools for people on the autistic spectrum
 * Category:Scientists with Asperger syndrome
 * Category:Self-identified people on the autism spectrum
 * Category:Self-identified people with Asperger syndrome
 * List of fictional characters on the autism spectrum
 * List of films about autism
 * List of people on the autistic spectrum
 * List of schools for people on the autistic spectrum
 * Outline of autism
 * Retrospective diagnoses of autism
 * Template:Autism films
 * Template:Autism resources
 * Template:Autism rights movement

Before adding a new list or category, please note that Wikipedians only want to see new categories that are notable. The explanation at WP:OCTrivial is worth noting: "Avoid intersections of two traits that are unrelated, even if some person can be found that has both traits. For example, celebrities are usually notable for reasons other than being gamers." So while Stephen Wiltshire really is notable for being an autistic artist, people in occupations like dentistry or aviation are not. See WP:EGRS for further guidance.

Featured articles

 * Autism
 * Asperger syndrome
 * Dustbin Baby (film)
 * James Joyce
 * Schizophrenia

Good articles

 * Augmentative and alternative communication
 * Barfi! (2012 film)
 * Cognitive flexibility
 * Down syndrome
 * Albert Einstein
 * Prince John of the United Kingdom
 * Joint attention
 * Courtney Love
 * Mental status examination
 * Pathlight School
 * Michael Savage
 * Speech-generating device
 * Thiomersal controversy
 * Alan Turing
 * Kate Winslet

Did You Knows (DYKs)
"...that Sue Rubin, the subject of the documentary film Autism Is a World, was considered mentally challenged until she learned to communicate with a keyboard?" - 25 February 2005

"...that the film Autism Every Day, though praised by many parents of autistics, has been heavily criticized by people with autism?" - 8 June 2006

"...that Eric Schopler's research into autism led to the foundation of the TEACCH program?" - 18 July 2006

"...that in the 2007 documentary film Autism: The Musical, five autistic children in Los Angeles develop and star in an original stage production?" - 3 April 2008

"... that the author of Autism's False Prophets, a critique of claims that autism is linked to vaccines, reportedly received death threats?" - 19 November 2008

"... that Albert Einstein, according to writer Illana Katz, may have had autism?" - 3 December 2008

"... that John Travolta's older brother Joey Travolta produced the documentary film about autism Normal People Scare Me?" - 8 October 2009

"... that the Autism Act 2009 is the first ever disability-specific legislation to be passed in the United Kingdom?" - 12 December 2009

"... that Lizzy Clark, in the 2008 BBC film Dustbin Baby, is the first actor with Asperger syndrome to portray a character having it?" - 22 December 2009

"... that Portia Iverson's Strange Son documents how an autistic Indian boy and his mother traveled from India to California to help Iverson's son communicate?" - 7 September 2011

"... that 2012 Paralympic swimmer Mitchell Kilduff mentors other swimmers with autism?" - 29 August 2012

"... that Autism Cymru worked with the Welsh Government to develop the first national autism online community?" - 24 September 2012

"... that The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won a record-tying seven Olivier Awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards on April 28, 2013?" - 15 May 2013

"... that Emily Willingham, a biologist from Texas, was called "one of the sharpest science writers in the blogosphere" by Steve Silberman?" - 26 November 2013

Former featured articles

 * Down syndrome
 * Albert Einstein
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * Isaac Newton
 * Ludwig Wittgenstein

Former good articles

 * 2010 Autism Speaks 400
 * Nikola Tesla

Parentage
This project's parents are WikiProject Disability, WikiProject Psychology, and WikiProject Sociology.

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