Sue Rubin

Susan M. Rubin

Born	1978
Nationality	American
Occupation	Disability Advocate, Consultant
Known for	Autism activism
Notable work	Autism is a World

Autism rights movement
Philosophy Neurodiversity Sociological and cultural aspects Ableism Social model of disability Disability rights movement
Organizations Autism National Committee Autism Network International Autistic Self Advocacy Network National Autistic Society Aspies For Freedom
Events Autistic Pride Day Autreat Autistics Speaking Day
Issues Autism Speaks Communication Shutdown Judge Rotenberg Educational Center Karen McCarron Autism-friendly Inclusion in education Inclusion as a right Ethical challenges to autism treatment
People Ari Ne'eman John Elder Robison Alex Plank Jim Sinclair Stephen Shore Donna Williams Michelle Dawson Amanda Baggs Temple Grandin Amy Sequenzia Lydia Brown
Criticism Manuel Casanova Jonathan Mitchell Thomas A. McKean Benjamin Alexander Sue Rubin Medical model of autism
Film Wretches & Jabberers Temple Grandin

Sue Rubin is a functionally non-verbal published autistic author who was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Autism Is A World in which she communicated via the controversial communication technique of facilitated communication.^[1]^[2]

Rubin graduated from Whittier College in Whittier, California with a Bachelor's degree in Latin American History in May 2013.^[3]

Rubin considers herself to be a low-functioning autistic person. She has stated that there exists a rift in the autistic community between high functioning autistics who, often, resist efforts to find a cure for autism, and low-functioning autistics like herself who strongly support a cure: "High-functioning people speak and low-functioning people don't. ... Low-functioning people are just trying to get through the day without hurting, tapping, flailing, biting, screaming, etc. The thought of a gold pot of a potion with a cure really would be wonderful."^[4]

Rubin was a contributing author featured in the published collection edited by Douglas Biklen entitled Autism and The Myth of The Person Alone. The book featured functionally non-verbal published authors with autism including Lucy Blackman, Tito Mukhopadhay, artist Larry Bissonette, Alberto Frugone, Jamie Burke and award winning writer Richard Attfield. In the introduction to her chapter, Biklen writes that Sue has "become a leading disability rights advocate and keynote speaker at many disability conferences".^[5]

References

↑ Mann, Lisa (22 February 2005). "Oscar Nominee: Documentary or Fiction?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ "Autism is a World". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ Rubin, Susan. "Susan Rubin". Syracuse University School of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ Acceptance Versus Cure CNN.com
↑ Biklen, Douglas, et al. (2005). Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone. New York University Press, p. 145. ISBN 0-8147-9928-0 publisher website

External links

Autism Is A World at the Internet Movie Database
Sue Rubin's Personal Webpage
Facilitated communication advocated in CNN-funded documentary, BAAM criticism

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 51424834 LCCN: no2005072504 ISNI: 0000 0000 4413 1505

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