The Autistic (Advocacy) Council of Ireland, formerly ICAAN was established as an umbrella network of
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NCPD Autistic (Advocacy) Council of Ireland, formerly ICAAN - The Irish Council for Aspies and Autistic Networking - the Autistic Self Advocacy Network - 5 reps per city and county in NI & RoI as users, self and peer advocates - in categories Aspies (HFA, Asperger, Tourettes, Non-Verbal Learning Difficulty/Disability, Atypical Autism, PDD-NOS and Savant), Auties (Kanners, Classic Autism) and Cousins (several multiple common co-morbidities such as AD(H)D, OCD,ODD, GAD, A/SPD or A/SND, SLD, etc- - also merged are AAF, MIAG/C,ASPIRE Midwest support. In NI NCPD NI Autistic (Advocacy) Council.
As we are freely available to any autistic representatives and member groups for, of and run and controlled by by autistic majority, we follow the 10 Principles, which are available on the Âû page :-
1. I am Autistic. [or] I support those who are Autistic. 2. I embrace my Autism as a very significant part of my identity. 3. I embrace those who would sacrifice to protect all Autistic life. 4. I embrace the belief that Autism does not need any "curing". 5. I embrace the self-advocacy goal of "Everything about us, with us". 6. I embrace the definition of Autism as a neuro-social difference. 7. I embrace measures directed at protecting Autistics from attack. 8. I embrace a person-centered approach to all Autism issues. 9. I embrace rigorous scientific approaches to co-occurring conditions. 10. I embrace Autistics leading their own welfare organisations.
