Could someone explain to me about Autism Speaks?
1. They don't have a single autistic person on their board of directors or in senior leadership. "Nothing about us without us" has long been the mantra of the disability rights movement.
2. Their advertisements are based on fears-mongering, patronizing, and dehumanizing rhetoric. This includes a mother talking about how she wants to drive her son off a bridge, comparing autism to cancer, etc.
3. They push the idea, which is widely rejected by the scientific community that vaccines cause autism. Granted, they do so in a wishy-washy way.
4. They have recommended the Judge Rotherberg Center, which uses painful skin shocks as a means of punishment.
5. They endorse excuses for parents who abuse and neglect of autistic children. The excuse being "lack of services".
6. They threatened to pull support for the Autism CARES Act if an amendment went through guaranteeing that a majority of public members of IACC were autistic.
7. They threatened to sue autistic people for making parodies of their organization.
That scratches the surface. Here's a few links.
http://www.boycottautismspeaks.com/why-boycott-1.html
http://thecaffeinatedautistic.wordpress ... ted-62014/
http://autismwomensnetwork.org/is-autis ... ate-group/
I wonder why that is? It promotes dehumanization; "You can't be called upon to lead or have anything meaningful to offer. We know better than you." Ugh....
WHAT?! And this mother isn't in jail why?
Furthermore, autism is NOT cancer. It is nothing like cancer. I have known people who have had cancer, survived it as well as died from it.
I don't know whether or not vaccines cause autism, but if there isn't a clear link between it, they need to stop saying there is.
Wait a minute... you cannot use shocks on prisoners. It's a crime against humanity... but this Center is allowed to do so on autistic individuals? I smell something here and it isn't the roses.... Jesus, that's scary.
Let's see if I have this right. The parents reach the end of their rope, harm or kill their child, and it gets excused as lack of services?
Why are they afraid of autistics advocating for themselves and helping the community? That's just plain dirty.
Oh for crying out loud.
http://www.boycottautismspeaks.com/why-boycott-1.html
http://thecaffeinatedautistic.wordpress ... ted-62014/
http://autismwomensnetwork.org/is-autis ... ate-group/
Thanks for the links.
This organization comes across as very insincere...
the place i work for... on their website they have associated with Autism Speaks. I wrote to the higher ups and the supposed Dr. that works for us that specializes in mental health conditions (autism, bi polar...all of the above)... but i have yet to hear back from them. in my letter i mentioned quite a few of those points about Autism Speaks...and instead suggested they use this site and ASAN.
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