How Anti-Vaccine Influencers Observe Autism Acceptance Month

Apr 02, 2026

Can you guess how anti-vaccine influencers observe Autism Acceptance Month?

Yep, the same misinformation, propaganda, and ableist messaging about autism that they spew every other month of the year.

But, during Autism Acceptance Month, it all gets worse.

Much worse.

How Anti-Vaccine Influencers Observe Autism Acceptance Month

They seem to hate the idea that anyone would want to accept children and adults who are autistic.

“Look past all that garbage foisted onto you by those who neither know nor truly respect autism and autistic people, and you will see that what we need from you most is not a month set aside for the purposes of degrading and pitying our existences and experiences, but constant, unwavering support, the patience to listen to our side of the story, and the power for you to put aside your own ideas about who should be listened to, based on what credentials, and to give those of us with the disability as a constant presence in our lives a chance to speak. Just because someone can’t talk (in your language of words and verbal dialogue) doesn’t mean they have nothing to say.”
Autism Acceptance for Autism Awareness Month

Not even for one month can they stop posting misinformation about autism and vaccines.

“In England, there are stories about new autism classes starting and autism schools being built because of “increasing demand” constantly in the news. They’ve had the same special education law since 1970, so why are they now overwhelmed by the numbers?”
Anne Dachel on The absurd call to CELEBRATE AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH

Misinformation that is quite easy to fact-check!

Doing a few minutes of research, you can easily see that England, like the United States, has not had the same special education laws since 1970, as Anne Dachel said.

Instead, they have had:

The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (CSDPA) - required local authorities to provide access and services to disabled people, including “practical assistance, home adaptations and access to activities such as excursions, TV services and educational facilities.” This did not mean that they all started going to school though, as the Act stated that "criteria of need are matters for the authorities to determine in the light of resources."
The Education Act 1981 - implemented ideas set forth in the Warnock Report of 1978, which pushed for integration of children with special educational needs into public schools.
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) - required that schools, colleges, and universities provide reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of students with disabilities. It also made it illegal for schools to discriminate against students with special educational needs and disabilities.
The Autism Act 2009 - guaranteed the rights of autistic adults in England.
The Children and Families Act 2014 - set out to reform the special educational needs system.

So no, England has clearly not had the same special education law since 1970!

What else?

Don’t forget the changes to DSM criteria.

That’s right. Not only have we not have the same education laws since the 1970s, we have also not even had the same diagnostic criteria for autism!

And by looking at how their laws changed over the years and the changes to DSM criteria, it is easy to see why more and more kids have ended up getting diagnosed with autism over the years.

Since autistic kids could now go to school and get other services, there was a lot more awareness and motivation for parents to get a diagnosis for their children.

Not that anti-vaccine influencers will accept any of this…

Instead of acceptance, they mostly have anger.

“Many parents have taken a “warfare” mindset with autism, that they are “fighting” autism. I will tell you right now that you can choose to fight autism, but this is a fight you will lose. Not only will you lose, but your child’s ultimate well being will be taken as a casualty. If you accept your child as an autistic person, however, everyone will be much happier. Does it really matter that much if your child flaps their hands? Being the same is boring anyway.”
To the Parents of a Newly Diagnosed Autistic Child…

Anger because they seem to believe that they have a damaged or injured child instead of the perfect child they were expecting.

And while that is part of the five stages of grief that everyone goes through following a loss, because they became focused on blaming vaccines, they are stuck in the anger stage.

Why blame vaccines?

I guess became most parents (most don’t blame vaccines!) need or want to blame something or someone in these situations…

And vaccines are an easy target, especially after Wakefield’s fraud.