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Ari Ne'eman (pronounced "ne-eh-man"; born December 10, 1987) is an American autism rights activist who co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2006. On December 16, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that Ari Ne'eman would be appointed to the National Council on Disability. After an anonymous hold was lifted, Ne'eman was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Council on June 22, 2010. He currently chairs the Council's Policy & Program Evaluation Committee. Ne'eman has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome, making him the first autistic person to serve on the council. ==Early life== Ne'eman grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where he attended East Brunswick High School.〔Harmon, Amy. ("Nominee to Disability Council Is Lightning Rod for Dispute on Views of Autism" ), ''The New York Times'', March 27, 2010. Accessed September 9, 2013. "Whether the hold is related to the criticism of Mr. Ne’eman (pronounced NAY-men) and what it might take to lift it is unclear.... Mr. Ne’eman, who grew up in East Brunswick, N.J., has said his condition caused him to be bullied in high school."〕〔Marx, Greg. ("Another View on Autism: Self-advocates reject the term disease; seek accommodations instead." ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', June 26, 2009. Accessed September 9, 2013. "Ne’eman, a graduate of East Brunswick High School, can be sensitive about how he is portrayed, and not without reason."〕 He displayed autistic traits at an early age, and eventually developed an interest in public policy.〔 He engages in stimming, such as pacing and hand-flapping. He also has sensory processing issues that affect his reactions to certain sounds and textures. Early in childhood, Ne'eman was verbally advanced and socially isolated. Like many children on the autism spectrum, he was bullied, and in his early teens he struggled with anxiety and would engage in self-harm by picking his skin.〔 For a period in high school, Ne'eman went to a segregated special education school. There, he was frustrated by the segregated school because he felt it was a "day care" that focused on "normalizing" disabled students instead of challenging them academically. He said that he and his fellow students "were being written off because of what society expects of people with disabilities." Using his advocacy skills, Ne'eman was eventually able to return to a mainstream school. This experience had a strong effect on Ne'eman's view of the world. He has said that although he himself was successful at returning to a mainstream school, "What is, I think, most frightening to me is that for many students out there that kind of message is absorbed—the idea that they are inferior is absorbed, and that can be very damaging because it really puts a limit on people's potential." Upon graduating high school, he founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. He then attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he became a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science as part of the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ari Ne'eman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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