Sue Rubin
| Susan M. Rubin | |
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| Born |
Susan Marjorie Rubin May 25, 1978 Whittier, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Disability Advocate, Consultant |
| Known for | Autism activism |
| Notable work | Autism is a World |
| Autism rights movement |
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Susan Marjorie "Sue" Rubin (born May 25, 1978) 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