Board index › General Discussion › General Autism Discussion

Autism speaks sponsores ATTV?!?!WTF!?

Page 1 of 2 [ 19 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

einsteinmyhero
Toucan
Toucan

User avatar

Joined: 11 Mar 2014
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Posts: 275
Location: the utopia

16 Apr 2014, 10:51 am

WTF?!



vickygleitz
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 29 Jul 2013
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,757
Location: pueblo colorado

16 Apr 2014, 11:32 am

my words exactly



Soccer22
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Jun 2013
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 692

16 Apr 2014, 1:47 pm

vickygleitz wrote:
my words exactly


+1



CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Posts: 113,522
Location: Stalag 13

16 Apr 2014, 2:27 pm

Soccer22 wrote:
vickygleitz wrote:
my words exactly


+1


I know what you mean.


_________________
Who wants to adopt a Sweet Pea?


LupaLuna
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Jan 2013
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,551
Location: tri-cities WA

16 Apr 2014, 2:43 pm

KIM: that was back in 2011. thing might have been different back then.



Minionkitty
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 6 Apr 2014
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 127
Location: Gru's Lab

16 Apr 2014, 2:46 pm

LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!

What does ATTV stand for? :\


_________________
AQ: 39 ---- RAADS-R: 187.0
Nonverbal Learning Disorder; diagnosed September 2010
Schizoaffective disorder; diagnosed December 2012
ASD/Asperger's Syndrome traits; diagnosed August 2014
IQ 120
(Diagnosed using the DSM-IV, not DSM-5)


LupaLuna
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Jan 2013
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,551
Location: tri-cities WA

16 Apr 2014, 2:53 pm

Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.



Minionkitty
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 6 Apr 2014
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 127
Location: Gru's Lab

16 Apr 2014, 2:59 pm

LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.

Ahh.. And why is it a problem that Autism Speaks sponsor this? I'm new to all this... All I really know about Autism Speaks is that horrible "I am Autism" commercial they made.


_________________
AQ: 39 ---- RAADS-R: 187.0
Nonverbal Learning Disorder; diagnosed September 2010
Schizoaffective disorder; diagnosed December 2012
ASD/Asperger's Syndrome traits; diagnosed August 2014
IQ 120
(Diagnosed using the DSM-IV, not DSM-5)


LupaLuna
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Jan 2013
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,551
Location: tri-cities WA

16 Apr 2014, 3:22 pm

Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.

Ahh.. And why is it a problem that Autism Speaks sponsor this? I'm new to all this... All I really know about Autism Speaks is that horrible "I am Autism" commercial they made.


Because Autism speaks no longer represents the interest of autistic people and their well being. There more interested in eugenics then anything. Their ultimate goal is to be able to detect autism in unborn babies and recommend having an abortion or if detectable in couples before conception, that they recommend that they not have children of there own. Autism Speaks was built from the ground up based on the fears of parents with autistic children rather then on the needs of autistics themselves.



StarTrekker
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Apr 2012
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,088
Location: Starship Voyager, somewhere in the Delta quadrant

16 Apr 2014, 4:01 pm

Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.


I concur. He, George, Brain and Fern are my favourites :)


_________________
"Survival is insufficient" - Seven of Nine
Diagnosed with ASD level 1 on the 10th of April, 2014
Rediagnosed with ASD level 2 on the 4th of May, 2019
Thanks to Olympiadis for my fantastic avatar!


Callista
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 3 Feb 2006
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Posts: 10,775
Location: Ohio, USA

16 Apr 2014, 4:09 pm

It was an attempt at learning to work together, hoping to teach Autism Speaks that there's a better way that doesn't involve treating us like subhuman, tragic signs of a nationwide calamity. It didn't really work. Autism Speaks stayed just as nasty as they've always been and still doesn't let us speak for ourselves.


_________________
Reports from a Resident Alien:
http://chaoticidealism.livejournal.com

Autism Memorial:
http://autism-memorial.livejournal.com


Minionkitty
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 6 Apr 2014
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 127
Location: Gru's Lab

16 Apr 2014, 4:28 pm

LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.

Ahh.. And why is it a problem that Autism Speaks sponsor this? I'm new to all this... All I really know about Autism Speaks is that horrible "I am Autism" commercial they made.


Because Autism speaks no longer represents the interest of autistic people and their well being. There more interested in eugenics then anything. Their ultimate goal is to be able to detect autism in unborn babies and recommend having an abortion or if detectable in couples before conception, that they recommend that they not have children of there own. Autism Speaks was built from the ground up based on the fears of parents with autistic children rather then on the needs of autistics themselves.

Sorry, what is eugenics? That is ridiculous.


_________________
AQ: 39 ---- RAADS-R: 187.0
Nonverbal Learning Disorder; diagnosed September 2010
Schizoaffective disorder; diagnosed December 2012
ASD/Asperger's Syndrome traits; diagnosed August 2014
IQ 120
(Diagnosed using the DSM-IV, not DSM-5)


Minionkitty
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 6 Apr 2014
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 127
Location: Gru's Lab

16 Apr 2014, 4:30 pm

StarTrekker wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.


I concur. He, George, Brain and Fern are my favourites :)

I like George. I also like Buster, I find him amusing.


_________________
AQ: 39 ---- RAADS-R: 187.0
Nonverbal Learning Disorder; diagnosed September 2010
Schizoaffective disorder; diagnosed December 2012
ASD/Asperger's Syndrome traits; diagnosed August 2014
IQ 120
(Diagnosed using the DSM-IV, not DSM-5)


LupaLuna
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 Jan 2013
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,551
Location: tri-cities WA

16 Apr 2014, 5:13 pm

Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.

Ahh.. And why is it a problem that Autism Speaks sponsor this? I'm new to all this... All I really know about Autism Speaks is that horrible "I am Autism" commercial they made.


Because Autism speaks no longer represents the interest of autistic people and their well being. There more interested in eugenics then anything. Their ultimate goal is to be able to detect autism in unborn babies and recommend having an abortion or if detectable in couples before conception, that they recommend that they not have children of there own. Autism Speaks was built from the ground up based on the fears of parents with autistic children rather then on the needs of autistics themselves.

Sorry, what is eugenics? That is ridiculous.


Ridiculous? For any NT parent out there to know that their child has autism is one of their worse nightmares. That's why Autism speaks is so bent on eradicating autism from the face of the earth. whether it be by a cure or eugenics. The eugenics may never be forced, but it sure will be pressured.



Minionkitty
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 6 Apr 2014
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 127
Location: Gru's Lab

16 Apr 2014, 5:17 pm

LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna wrote:
Minionkitty wrote:
LupaLuna, I just wanna say, I love your picture! I love Arthur, and I loved that episode too!


It was the best expression of my social awkwardness.

Minionkitty wrote:
What does ATTV stand for? :\


Autism Talk Tele Vision.

I love Carl, one of the better characters that show has made.

Ahh.. And why is it a problem that Autism Speaks sponsor this? I'm new to all this... All I really know about Autism Speaks is that horrible "I am Autism" commercial they made.


Because Autism speaks no longer represents the interest of autistic people and their well being. There more interested in eugenics then anything. Their ultimate goal is to be able to detect autism in unborn babies and recommend having an abortion or if detectable in couples before conception, that they recommend that they not have children of there own. Autism Speaks was built from the ground up based on the fears of parents with autistic children rather then on the needs of autistics themselves.

Sorry, what is eugenics? That is ridiculous.


Ridiculous? For any NT parent out there to know that their child has autism is one of their worse nightmares. That's why Autism speaks is so bent on eradicating autism from the face of the earth. whether it be by a cure or eugenics. The eugenics may never be forced, but it sure will be pressured.

I meant what you are saying they stand for seems ridiculous. I don't know what eugenics means.


_________________
AQ: 39 ---- RAADS-R: 187.0
Nonverbal Learning Disorder; diagnosed September 2010
Schizoaffective disorder; diagnosed December 2012
ASD/Asperger's Syndrome traits; diagnosed August 2014
IQ 120
(Diagnosed using the DSM-IV, not DSM-5)


Aristophanes
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 10 Apr 2014
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,603
Location: USA

16 Apr 2014, 5:18 pm

Minionkitty wrote:
Sorry, what is eugenics? That is ridiculous.


Eugenics is attempting to control evolution by eliminating "undesirable" genetics....think Nazi-ism and the Holocaust.
Basically if you're on the autism spectrum, "Autism Speaks" thinks you shouldn't have been born at all.