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[quote="ToadOfSteel"][quote="krex"]I think some celebrities just get solicited by so may different charaties they don't know much about that they just pick a few out of a hat for rtheir own PR purposes.[/quote] Not to mention the public isn't that educated about autism (most outside of our own community believe that autism is a disease or epidemic)... so they think they're doing good by supporting autism is spoken for...[/quote]
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CockneyRebel
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:25 pm
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alex wrote:
schneider's kid is autistic (i think he has asperger's), however.
I'll cut him some slack. He was a really good actor.
alex
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:23 pm
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schneider's kid is autistic (i think he has asperger's), however.
CockneyRebel
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:28 pm
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I'll never look at the 'Dukes of Hazard' the same way, ever again.
ToadOfSteel
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:55 am
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krex wrote:
I think some celebrities just get solicited by so may different charaties they don't know much about that they just pick a few out of a hat for rtheir own PR purposes.
Not to mention the public isn't that educated about autism (most outside of our own community believe that autism is a disease or epidemic)... so they think they're doing good by supporting autism is spoken for...
krex
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:23 am
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I think some celebrities just get solicited by so may different charaties they don't know much about that they just pick a few out of a hat for rtheir own PR purposes.
alex
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:29 am
Post subject: The Autism Speaks 5th Annual L.A. Celebrity Golf Classic
Hadn't heard anything about this. Didn't realize Schneider was involved with Autism Speaks...
http://www.celebritymound.com/?p=10711
John Schneider
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