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April 2nd, 2008 by Bonnie

Alex Plank, one of the founders of the popular Wrong Planet web community, sought to fill the need for useful online resources for people on the autistic spectrum when the site was created in 2004. In addition to the Wrong Planet forum, which has a large number of regular visitors, the site also provides a collection of articles on various helpful topics and a blog focusing on autistic civil rights advocacy.

A student at George Mason University who majors in film and video, Alex often speaks and writes about neurodiversity and explains why he finds the concept of recovery from autism to be offensive. He was featured in a Chicago Tribune online article discussing why many autistics find the concept of cure objectionable.

Check out Alex’s hilarious April 1 blog post: Wrong Planet Acquires Autism Speaks.

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