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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Whats with all the Autism Speaks hate. |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2012, 12:46 pm
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No worries.
I said on the other thread that I was just lobbing that quote into this debate. I have no intention on hanging around to debate Aghogday's explanation for it. I have learnt that I can't fight the whitewash on here.
I'm done. I think we have both made ourselves clear.
Thank you. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Whats with all the Autism Speaks hate. |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2012, 10:43 am
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| Have fun finding that one Aghogday. (link deliberately withheld) I'm sure you will be able to come up with a perfectly reasonable explanation for this bile. You always do because haters gonna hate. merig, I'm getting the impression you're being deliberately antagonistic and your responses are corre... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Whats with all the Autism Speaks hate. |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2012, 6:19 am
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| This is how Autism speaks describes the autism spectrum on their website for over a million of their supporters to see, or anyone else that wishes to understand how the organization views the spectrum as one where each person is unique, as well as a diverse spectrum of needs and supports: http://ww... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
| merig |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2012, 5:48 am
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| Aghogday it's Nov 3rd so I have no further interest in keeping this thread to the fore. As I said before I also have no desire to waste any more of my life exchanging quotes with you. The massive autismspeaks website is so full of BS to placate us and bile to please its supporters that we could go o... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 2:33 pm
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Cornflake wrote: It simply shows that the CEO's pay is pretty typical when compared to the same position in similar organisations of similar size. Are you going to accuse all those CEOs of the other charities of grubbing for similar-sized salaries too?
In America, most certainly yes. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 12:59 pm
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| Autism Speaks CEO is paid at or below the median compensation for CEO's of similar large sized charitable organizations in the Northeast, per the Charity Navigator's most recent 2010 analysis of CEO compensation, per the quote and link below. Because the bloke in the next office block earns an exho... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 12:41 pm
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| Quote and link from Autism Speaks answer to the autism community that they are not funding a prenatal test for autism, along with many other issues that are clarified and addressed in the linked interview with Autism Speaks, including an apology to those in the autism community that may have been o... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 11:44 am
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| Consider the Facts: http://www.autism-society.org/about-us/financial-information/asa-2011-form-990-updated.pdf Autism Society of America, 145K in total grants, per their IRS form 990 in 2011; approx 4% of expenses, per the link above: Autism Speaks 2 M in total family service grants, per their IRS ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 11:42 am
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| For the record: I am simply more interested in seeing the truth of the matter, whatever form that may take, than seeing these ghosts of false stories floating around. If the people promoting them believe they have evidence to support them, then it would only be rational to show it. It would seem to... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASAN to Protest Autism Speaks in DC (November 3rd) |
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Posted: 01 Nov 2012, 5:45 am
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Tut tut
Naughty, naughty KenG for criticizing autismspeaks on their own website.
LOL |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism squeaks, but it's better than Autism Squeaks speaking |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 4:54 am
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| Autism Squawks does not squawk for me. Nor do they attempt to do that as evidenced on their website, as the phrase autism speaks was originated as part the effort of an organization founded to give a voice to the families of effected individuals with severely incapacitating forms of autism per what... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: a disturbing trend in this forum favoring autism speaks |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 4:31 am
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Cornflake wrote: Try PMing Tambourine-Man?
Thats a good idea. I will try that.
Thanks . |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism squeaks, but it's better than Autism Squeaks speaking |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 4:27 am
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| i still thought my " Autism Lies" post was funny I don't see the humour but you are right in that it would be more truthful. However an organisation that tells lies isn't going to be truthful with its name. Perhaps more realistically they could have called themselves Autism Research or AR. Nowadays... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism squeaks, but it's better than Autism Squeaks speaking |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 4:17 am
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| Autism Squawks does not squawk for me. Nor do they attempt to do that as evidenced on their website, as the phrase autism speaks was originated as part the effort of an organization founded to give a voice to the families of effected individuals with severely incapacitating forms of autism per what... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: [Autism Speaks] Concerns/Recommendations to the DSM5 Org. |
| merig |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2012, 9:35 am
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| In my country there are 4 grades numbered 1-4. Those numbers also have names, mild, moderate, severe and critical. That all seems very sensible to me.. on page 1 of this thread i suggested a 4 step system Yes but those grades are for need and apply to any disability for any neurotype. They are noth... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Which one do you find more offensive? |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2012, 8:45 am
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| The third point Feralucce made was about how AS state's in their mission statement that they want to "cure" autism. Many of us on the spectrum don't want that, in fact in one of Temple Grandin's books she says that "if the genetic factors that cause autism were eliminated from the human race, we wo... |
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