The Countries Least Accepting Of Autistic Individuals

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A new survey of 306 autistic individuals residing in eight countries found that participants from Japan and Belgium experienced the lowest levels of societal acceptance.

The study participants were from the USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and Belgium. While autistic people living in Canada, the UK, and South Africa reported slightly higher levels of feeling accepted, across all countries, only 23.5% of the participants reported that society accepted them as an autistic person.

“Autism acceptance can be defined as an individual feeling accepted or appreciated as an autistic person, with autism positively recognized and accepted by others and the self as an integral part of that individual,” the researchers explained.

While autistic people living in Canada, the UK, and South Africa reported slightly higher levels of feeling accepted