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United Nations

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In 2004, some members of the autistic community issued a statement expressing their desire to be recognized as a minority group by the United Nations.<ref>Nelson, Amy (November 18, 2004). "Declaration From the Autism Community That They Sre (sic) a Minority Group" (Press release). PRWeb. Retrieved 2007-11-23. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)</ref>

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This is a declaration from the worldwide autism community that from here on we wish to be recognised as a minority group.

We mean for this statement to begin a process of official recognition by the United Nations that we are indeed a minority group, and worthy of protection from discrimination, inhumane treatment, and that our differences are valid in their own right and not something that needs to be cured.

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I just now checked, and I can't find any reliable source on this subject. The source given is a press release, which as per WP:RS is a self-published source and is not reliable. I checked for a 3rd-party source (e.g., a news article) and came up empty. So I removed the section for now. We can restore it if we find a reliable 3rd-party source. Eubulides (talk) 18:49, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A press release is indeed a RS that a press release was released. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:01, 11 January 2020 (UTC).[reply]