Neurodiversity paradigm
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Events Autism Acceptance Day & Month Autism History Month Autistic Pride Day Autscape Disability Day of Mourning Neurodiversity Celebration Week Weird Pride Day
Issues Ableism Anti-autism All in a Row Applied behavior analysis Augmentative and alternative communication Autism-friendly Autism Speaks Communication Shutdown Community integration Controversies in autism Deinstitutionalisation Disability-selective abortion Double empathy problem Ethical challenges to autism treatment Eugenics Facilitated communication Filicide Inclusion in education Inclusion as a right Judge Rotenberg Center Ole Ivar Lovaas Social model of disability Societal and cultural aspects of autism Universal Design for Learning
People Alex Plank Ari Ne'eman Damian Milton Daniel Lightwing Devon Price Donna Williams govy Jim Sinclair John Elder Robison Judy Singer Julia Bascom Lydia Brown Mel Baggs Michelle Dawson Morénike Giwa Onaiwu Morton Ann Gernsbacher Nick Walker Roy Richard Grinker Shain Neumeier Stephen Shore Steve Silberman Temple Grandin William Davenport
Films Citizen Autistic Loving Lampposts Neurotypical
Criticism Pro-cure perspective National Council on Severe Autism Matthew Belmonte Manuel Casanova Jill Escher Michael Fitzpatrick Bruce Hall David Miedzianik Jonathan Mitchell Alysson Muotri Jonathan Shestack Alison Singer
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Bruce Hall is a legally blind photographer and parent of twins with severe autism.^[1] Some of his work is stored in the Library of Congress.^[2] Hall has stated that he takes pictures in order to be able to see the world more clearly.

Hall has about 5% normal eyesight and severe nystagmus. Fast accurate focusing is his number one priority,^{[clarification needed]} and he uses many unique workarounds to achieve the ability to take pictures. Hall's favorite photography subjects are underwater photography, nature photography, and pictures of his twin boys.^[3][4][5] He strongly advocates for awareness for the challenges surrounding severe autism.^[6]

Immersed

Immersed: Our Experience With Autism is a book written by Bruce and Valerie Hall about their children with severe autism. Jill Escher in a review wrote that they took "the Carrie Fisher approach and rather than trivializing or minimizing the tragic dimensions of their boys’ disorders or pretending to speak for all with “autism,” the talented duo steadfastly tell their own truth."^[7] Psychologist David Royko wrote about how the book focuses on the difficulties of severe autism, and that it was good for politicians and policy makers. However, the book also discusses the love and joy of their family.^[8] Advocate Amy S.F. Lutz also noted that the book portrays the happy moments, and the difficulties of severe autism.^[9]

Publications with Valerie Hall

• Immersed: Our Experience With Autism. Visual Summit, 2016.