Jim Sinclair
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Jim Sinclair is an autism rights activist who, together with fellow autistics, Kathy Lissner Grant and Donna Williams, formed Autism Network International in 1992. Being the only one of the three with an internet connection, Sinclair became the original coordinator of ANI. Sinclair did not speak until age 12.[1]
Sinclair wrote "Don't Mourn for Us", as essay with an anti-cure perspective on autism,[2]. Don't Mourn for Us serves as a touchstone for a fledgling movement.[1] Sinclair was featured in the book Somebody Somewhere by Donna Williams, which covers the formation of ANI.
In the mid-1990s autism conferences rarely featured autistic public speakers and even more rarely paid them for their work; Sinclair was among the first international public advocates in the autism field.
Sinclair is a self-described intersexual who was born biologically intersexed and raised as a girl, but now self-identifies as "openly and proudly neuter, both physically and socially".[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Harmon, Amy. "How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading", New York Times, December 20, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ Sinclair, Jim (1993). Don't mourn for us. The Edmonds Institute. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ Sinclair, Jim (1997). Self-introduction to the Intersex Society of North America. Jim Sinclair's personal website. Retrieved on 2007-12-02
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| NAME | Sinclair, Jim |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | autism rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lamesa, Texas |
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