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Autism is not a disorder, it is a difference.<\/h1>\n      <p>A universal call, beyond cultures and religions, for a more just and fraternal world.<\/p>\n      <br>\n      <button>Sign the petition \u2013 Stand for dignity<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"section-plain\">\n    <h2>Calling autism a \u201cdisorder\u201d\u2026 or a \u201cdifference\u201d?<\/h2>\n    <p>This is not just a nuance. It means choosing between rejection or welcome. 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Let a voice of hope and humanity be heard.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"cta-buttons\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\">\u270d\ufe0f Sign the petition<\/a>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\">\ud83d\udcd6 Download the citizen booklet<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- Profiles -->\n  <section class=\"section-plain\" id=\"profiles\">\n    <h2>Who is concerned?<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"profiles-grid\">\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-pro-sante\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83d\udc69\u200d\u2695\ufe0f<\/span><span class=\"label\">Health professional<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-medecin\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83e\ude7a<\/span><span class=\"label\">Doctor<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-personnes-autisme\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83d\udc64<\/span><span class=\"label\">Autistic person<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-enseignant\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udfeb<\/span><span class=\"label\">Teacher<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-parent\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67<\/span><span class=\"label\">Parent \/ Family<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-citoyen\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83d\udc65<\/span><span class=\"label\">Citizen<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-responsable-religieux\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\u26ea<\/span><span class=\"label\">Faith community<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-etudiant\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83c\udf93<\/span><span class=\"label\">Student<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n      <button class=\"profile-card\" data-target=\"#modal-decideur\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n        <span class=\"emoji\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f<\/span><span class=\"label\">Decision-maker<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- Modals (texts translated) -->\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-pro-sante\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"pro-sante-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"pro-sante-title\">Health professionals<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <strong>You are a caregiver. You have already seen, heard, felt.<\/strong>\n        <p>You support children or adults who are labelled \u201cautistic\u201d.<\/p>\n        <p>You know the silences. The meltdowns. The misunderstandings.<\/p>\n        <p>And perhaps sometimes that quiet inner voice:<\/p>\n        <p>\u201cIs this really the right framework? Do I really understand what they are going through?\u201d<\/p>\n        <p>This project does not accuse you. It reaches out to you. It invites you to change your perspective: to stop seeing a \u201cdisorder to fix\u201d, and instead see a difference to understand, welcome and support.<\/p>\n        <p>To care differently. To respect more. 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A just look can change everything.<\/p>\n        <p><strong>What if the way we look at autism needed to be revisited?<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p>For decades we have spoken of disorder, management, reduction of symptoms. But what if part of the difficulty did not come from autism itself, but from an environment that is not adapted to a natural neurological difference?<\/p>\n        <p>This project does not take away from what you have learned. It offers another lens, based on observation, research and human experience.<\/p>\n        <p>The goal is not to reject the past, but to do better, together \u2013 for our patients, for their families, for public health, and for our shared humanity.<\/p>\n        <p>You may already be convinced, or still questioning. But if you are here, it means you are ready to listen, to understand, to support \u2013 and that changes everything.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-cta\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-enseignant\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"enseignant-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"enseignant-title\">Teachers<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>This petition is for you. To ease your burden, not to make it heavier.<\/p>\n        <p>Today, inclusion often happens at the cost of silent suffering \u2013 for autistic pupils, for other pupils, and for you, teachers. Impossible situations, daily tension, and far too few resources.<\/p>\n        <p><strong>This is no longer acceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p>Autistic pupils at school full-time without real adaptations. Classes that burn out. Teachers who burn out, often alone, without training or support. And children \u2013 all children \u2013 who learn less well in a climate of constant tension.<\/p>\n        <p><strong>It is time to change both our view and our framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p>Recognising autism as a neurological difference means accepting that goals, methods, pace and environment must be re-thought.<\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>For some autistic pupils, three half-days a week may be enough.<\/li>\n          <li>Lessons can also take place outside the classroom, in contact with real life.<\/li>\n          <li>Assessment should be individualised, not comparative.<\/li>\n          <li>And teachers must be supported, trained and respected in their everyday reality.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p>The place of autistic people is neither in full-time mainstream classes without adaptation, nor in separate units with no real interaction.<\/p>\n        <p>Their place is in a school redesigned to respect differences and allow everyone to progress without denying who they are.<\/p>\n        <p>By signing this petition, you act for your pupils, for yourself, and for a school that truly makes sense.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-parent\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"parent-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"parent-title\">Families<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>You are a parent, sibling, grandparent, friend. You are directly concerned.<\/p>\n        <p>You know the looks, the doubts, the sleepless nights. You have gone through assessments, waiting times, appointments where people talk about your child without really talking to them. And sometimes what you feel most is isolation.<\/p>\n        <p>This project was born for you.<\/p>\n        <p>It does not offer a miracle solution. But it gives a clear framework, a strong voice and a direction:<\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>To have autism recognised as a difference, not as a disorder.<\/li>\n          <li>To open a path of support that is dignified, humane and adapted.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p>Signing this petition means acting for your child \u2013 and for all the others.<\/p>\n        <p><em>It is saying:<\/em><\/p>\n        <blockquote>\n          \u201cI no longer want my child to be seen as a problem to manage.\u201d<br>\n          \u201cI want them to be able to learn, grow and flourish in a world that understands their differences.\u201d\n        <\/blockquote>\n        <p>But signing alone is not enough. We must be thousands, then hundreds of thousands. Only the power of numbers can truly move things in schools, institutions and laws.<\/p>\n        <p><strong>Share around you.<\/strong> Widely. Humanly. Without giving up.<\/p>\n        <p>Every person you reach can sign: your neighbour, your doctor, your child\u2019s teacher, your family here or abroad, your friends on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook or in real life.<\/p>\n        <p>The change will spread through you. This is not an institutional campaign. It is a human movement \u2013 and it begins with you.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-citoyen\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"citoyen-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"citoyen-title\">Engaged citizens<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>You may not be personally affected, but you are affected as a human being.<\/p>\n        <p>Autism does not concern \u201cother people\u201d. It runs through all families, all generations, all countries. And it reveals something profound about our society:<\/p>\n        <p><strong>Are we ready to accept that not everyone functions in the same way?<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p>This project is not reserved for specialists or families.<\/p>\n        <p>It is addressed to you \u2013 citizen, educator, neighbour, colleague, friend. To you who believe we can do better than classifying, excluding or labelling. To you who see difference not as a threat, but as a richness.<\/p>\n        <p><strong>Signing this petition means choosing respect.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Respect for different children<\/li>\n          <li>Respect for families<\/li>\n          <li>Respect for teachers and professionals who want to support differently<\/li>\n          <li>Respect for what makes our shared humanity<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p><strong>And above all: keep it moving.<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p>Even if you don\u2019t know anyone who is autistic, you can be a precious relay. One share can reach an isolated family, a questioning teacher, a professional ready to commit. Together, we can carry a clear, strong, global message:<\/p>\n        <p>This is not a disorder.<br>It is a difference.<br>And that changes everything.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-personnes-autisme\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"pa-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"pa-title\">Autistic people<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>You are directly concerned by autism. You know what it means in your daily life, in your relationships, in your journey.<\/p>\n        <p>Too often people talk about you without listening to you. Too often you are described as a problem to be solved, a disorder to be corrected.<\/p>\n        <p>Yet you are so much more than that. You are a unique person, with your own sensitivity, intelligence and richness.<\/p>\n        <p>This project does not want to speak in your place. It wants your voice to be heard. Your experience, your ideas, your words matter.<\/p>\n        <blockquote>\u201cI am not a disorder. I am a person.\u201d<br>\u201cMy difference is part of human diversity.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n        <p>You are not alone. Thousands of others around the world share this struggle. Together, we can change the way people look at autism, so that no child and no adult ever feels \u201cabnormal\u201d again.<\/p>\n        <p>Your voice is precious. <em>Let it be heard.<\/em><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n        <!-- <a href=\"#temoignage\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Share my story<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#communautes\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Join the online community<\/a> -->\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-responsable-religieux\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"cr-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"cr-title\">Faith communities<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>Across religions, one truth runs through the centuries: every human life has a sacred value and an inalienable dignity.<\/p>\n        <p>And yet today, autistic people and their families still suffer exclusion and misunderstanding. They seek a look that recognises them as fully human. They seek a place of comfort, a word that welcomes them in their difference.<\/p>\n        <p>Who will this recognition come from, if not from you? Who will begin this welcome, if not the communities of faith that are called to embody justice, dignity and fraternity?<\/p>\n        <p>Autism is not a disorder to be corrected. It is a difference, part of the diversity of humanity.<\/p>\n        <p>Supporting this petition is not a political act. It is not militant. It is a deeply human act \u2013 an act of common sense, in harmony with the spiritual values you already proclaim.<\/p>\n        <p>Your signature matters. But your voice \u2013 and that of your congregation \u2013 can go even further. \u201cThe more signatures there are, the more inclusion will become a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n        <p>Your community can become a relay of hope, a place where difference is welcomed and every life is honoured.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign as a faith community<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n        <!-- <a href=\"#badge-lieu\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Get a badge for my place of worship<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#kit-diffusion\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the info kit<\/a> -->\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-etudiant\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"et-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"et-title\">Students<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>In middle school, high school or university, you see the concrete effects of how we look at autism: either true inclusion\u2026 or silent exhaustion.<\/p>\n        <p>Your generation can move the lines: understand, explain, relay. Autism is not a disorder \u2013 it is a difference.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n        <!-- <a href=\"#kit-diffusion\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Share the kit on your campus<\/a> -->\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"modal-overlay\" id=\"modal-decideur\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"dec-title\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"modal\">\n      <button class=\"modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button>\n      <h3 id=\"dec-title\">Decision-makers<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"modal-body\">\n        <p>Public policy, health, education, local authorities \u2013 your decisions can improve the lives of thousands of children and families.<\/p>\n        <p>Recognising autism as a difference means directing resources towards support and adaptation rather than stigma.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"modal-actions\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" class=\"btn-cta\">Sign the petition<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download the booklet<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <footer style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1; padding: 30px 20px; margin-top: 50px; text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em; color: #555;\">\n    <div style=\"max-width: 1100px; margin: auto;\">\n        <p><strong>Autisme Mondial<\/strong> \u2013 A movement to change how the world sees autism<\/p>\n\n        <nav style=\"margin: 15px 0;\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\" style=\"margin: 0 10px; color: #555; text-decoration: none;\">Home<\/a> |\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/petition\" style=\"margin: 0 10px; color: #555; text-decoration: none;\">Petition<\/a> |\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/en.autismemondial.org\/index.php\/booklet\" style=\"margin: 0 10px; color: #555; text-decoration: none;\">Citizen booklet<\/a>\n        <\/nav>\n\n        <p>\ud83d\udce7 <a href=\"mailto:contact@autismemondial.org\" style=\"color: #555; text-decoration: none;\">contact@autismemondial.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <div style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">\n            <!-- <a href=\"#\" style=\"margin: 0 5px; color: #555;\">Facebook<\/a> | -->\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AutismeMondial\" style=\"margin: 0 5px; color: #555;\">Twitter<\/a> |\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/autismemondial\" style=\"margin: 0 5px; color: #555;\">Instagram<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <p style=\"margin-top: 15px; font-size: 0.8em; color: #888;\">\u00a9 2025 Autisme Mondial \u2013 All rights reserved.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/footer>\n\n  <div id=\"redirect-overlay\" class=\"redirect-overlay\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"redirect-box\">\n      <h3>Redirecting\u2026<\/h3>\n      <p>You are being redirected to the petition on Change.org.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autisme Mondial Every life is precious. 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