Autistic people's Human Rights
AUTISM RIGHTS I magine yourself having been denied your fundamental human rights just because you're created differently, or because you don't exactly fit into what people consider normal. Do you think that would be fair ? People with mental disorders are usually neglected, left out of the socioeconomic picture, and unfortunately most often than not denied access to the most basic five human rights: dignity, education, right to work, access to public services, and right to protection of the law. The National Autistic Society reported that half of the autistic individuals in Britain have been abused by someone they viewed as a friend. Moreover, a quarter of them disclosed that they got robbed by someone they deemed a friend (Community Care, 2014). Furthermore, according to statistics done in the UK, one in five autistic childr...