Autism Acceptance Month

WhatThe
WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing
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What happened to this thread? It has disappeared.

I would like to comment on this theme, thank you, Scope.

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  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,383 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @WhatThe

    The thread is still on the community😊 I've linked it below

    Autism Acceptance Month April 2026 — Scope | Online Community

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing

    Thank you, Mary. It began as an announcement and has effectively disappeared from view.

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 1,157 Connected

    Same thing that always happens, it got removed due to sniping and in-fighting by various other members.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing
    edited April 15

    Scope, you have retained the 'sticky' announcement re Autism and CP but I do not have CP.

    Please reinstate the Autism Acceptance Month April 2026 announcement until the end of April, at least!

  • Emilee
    Emilee Online Community Member Posts: 498 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1118295#Comment_1118295

    They managed to accept us for a few days 🤭

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing

    The irony!!

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing

    Scope?

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing

    Please also reinstate Adrian's excellent statement about autism terminology!

    We lost it when another thread was deleted this morning. Nobody has mild, slight or a bit of autism 🙄

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 5,119 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited April 15

    Thanks for raising this. Not sure how that's happened as it absolutely should still be announced. It's been rectified now and will be up until the end of the month. 

    Adrian's comment is still there @WhatThe, it hasn't been removed - Is it a legal requirement to declare disabilities on job applications?

    Just to add: Many charities, government bodies, and medical organisations have moved away from describing autism in terms of “severity,” as this language can be unhelpful and may risk people’s support needs being overlooked. However, not everyone follows this approach, and individuals are free to describe their own experiences in the way that feels right to them.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing

    Thank you so much, Holly! I need a break after this.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 5,119 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    That's understandable. Hope after a little break you feel better @WhatThe. I'm really sorry that happened.

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 1,157 Connected

    The reason I described my own symptoms as mild is because I wasn't diagnosed as fully Autistic, they said 26 and half years ago nearly that I had what was then called Asperger's Syndrome, obviously it's changed to Autism Spectrum Disorder now.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,535 Championing
    edited April 15

    Our symptoms may be mild but our condition is fully autistic.

    (this is for us to debate and we are the experts!)

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