To campaign throughout the UK and elsewhere to advance the interests of autistic people and those people with “related conditions”.
To campaign for and promote and enforcement of the civil and human rights of such people.
To raise awareness of autism and to educate the general public, relevant professionals and organisations in the private, voluntary and statutory sectors.
To work with professionals and organisations in the private, voluntary and statutory sectors so that they may improve services, facilities and conditions for autistic people.
To encourage the involvement and engagement of autistic people in the commissioning, design, delivery and evaluation of statutory sector services used by autistic people and to campaign for the enforcement of such legislation and guidance which guarantees such involvement and engagement.
To develop and encourage the development of mechanisms, structures, procedures and processes by which agencies such as those referred to above may involve and engage with autistic people.
To establish or to encourage and support the establishment of regional, sub-regional and local Autism Rights Movement organisations with user-led governance arrangements similar to ARM UK and with aims and objectives similar to ARM UK and to bring any and all such organisations together into a national network.
To establish or to encourage and support the establishment of a European Autistic Rights Movement and a global Autistic Rights Movement with due recognition from the relevant authorities.
To promote:
the involvement and engagement of autistic people in statutory sector strategic planning at all levels and in all areas
positive autistic identities and to oppose negative stereotypes
the social model of disability
the recognition that there is a “hierarchy of disabilities” and consequent “hierarchy of equalities” and to promote the abolition of such inequity
social inclusion and independent living
the concept of “neuro-diversity”
Notes:
The term “UK” is used to refer to not only the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, namely England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but also all territories dependent on the United Kingdom, directly or indirectly and all countries and territories ruled jointly by the United Kingdom with other powers.
The term “autism” and its variants are used to refer to Asperger Syndrome, “Kanner Syndrome”, “autistic spectrum disorders”, “autistic spectrum conditions”, “autistic spectrum differences” and any and all such terms as are in common usage or which may come into use.
The term “related conditions” is used to refer to: dyspraxia, developmental co-ordination disorder, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD(H)D), attention deficit disorder (ADD), hyperkinesis, dyslexia, Tourette’s Syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders (PDD and PDD(NOS)) and all other neuro-developmental conditions and all other related neurological conditions.
