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Shelby
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normally_impaired: Oh that was you? I loved your post, it was brilliant. That dude was a moron, he even admitted he knew nothing about autism. Broken arm??? He seemed to just want to advertise the diet, he's probably a dietician looking for business.
It doesn't matter whether you like Oprah or not, the woman has one of the most influencial shows in the world. As alex said, her show is watched by over 49 million people. Her influence is AMAZING. The day after the Jenny McCarthy show aired, people flocked to bookstores for her book. I actually heard someone asking for it the next day. Any book that goes on Oprah will be on the best sellers list. Love her or hate her, she has a lot of power. If people like Alex, Temple Grandin and ordinary Aspies like ourselves could get our say on Oprah, we could do so much to show MILLIONS who we are, what we are about - and change the face of autism from retarded, hopeless children to gifted, proud adults.
It CAN be done, there was a woman on oprah.com who had such a hateful attitude to autism, she was condemning us, calling us arrogant and demanding that we be cured. After discussing it with her over a few weeks, she has changed her tune and is now open, asking questions and much more accepting toward us. That's one person, what if we can change more minds? But minds will never change if their only view of autism is the negative one Oprah and Jenny McCarthy are currently spreading. |
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krex
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I added my 2cents (worth every penny, I assure you). I don't think it's loaded yet,seems to be taking a long time they must have someone reading it for naughty words(or ideas?) I had to log in as "alianoras" because krex is to short.
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krex
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Meant to mention...I also tried to get Rosie to feature adult AS on her program (does she still have one?) but she never responded. I thought maybe she would be more willing to present a "controversial opinion"..like "autistic adults actually exist"  Honestly...she seems a little aspie herself.
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Shelby
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Krex: Yeah the site can be incredibly slow especially when you use for the first time, for some reason. Unfortunately there are some morons on there...there is this total freak that for whatever reason took a dislike to me for saying there was no link between autism and vaccination, and won't stop with this strange paranoid schizophrenic attack on me. She's missing a few screws that's for damn sure.
I don't think Rosie has a show anymore! After she was fired from The View it was all downhill from there. Actually The View might be more willing to listen than Oprah, but Oprah's show reaches more people. I don't think The View is well known outside of USA. I'm Australian and we get it here only on cable. I used to live in Sweden, they didn't have it at all. |
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curiouslittleboy
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| LeKiwi wrote: | | How many people actually watch Oprah? |
Not me. |
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latreefarmer
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| It is good for ratings to talk about the poor helpless autistics. I would love to be on the show and tell her that aspie's are people too and it's the general public that needs help, help undoing years of poor publicity and misinformation that has permanently altered many of their sense of reality. People are all different, and we just happen to be a class of people NT's have decided to put a label on. |
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CockneyRebel
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I don't think that Oprah would fall for that. She likes to make us look like retards who can't help ourselves. That's what I hate about society.
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Douglas_MacNeill
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Hmm...
The tone I got from watching the trailer for that
show was that she was telling the story solely from
the point of view of parents of children newly diagnosed
with autism and just now grieving the encounter with their
"changed" (or is it "changeling") children.
I wonder if she would be prepared to do a story from the
"other side of the hill", about persons doing their best to
make a worthwhile life for themselves while facing an
Autism Spectrum Disorder? The idea would be of a
"changeling" questing for a human soul, or something
tantamount to a soul |
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aspiewoman2
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Getting a POSITIVE Autism show on Oprah |
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[quote="Shelby"]I'm trying to get Oprah to do a positive show on autism after some of the incredibly negative ones she has done recently -
i was distraught to find out oprah did negative shows on autism. in many ways i think it's a blessing. shame on her-she should have done bttr.  |
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