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matsuiny2004
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03 May 2008, 8:07 pm

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthr ... ?tid=12965

a link from aspies for freedom

It says that bob and suzane wright are being given honors as one fo the top 100 most influential people

and it is under the heroes section 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O

for complaints email the email is: letters@time.com

I already sent them mine



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03 May 2008, 8:10 pm

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03 May 2008, 8:14 pm

Time magazine that's nothing they where at my damn door begging for money yesterday


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03 May 2008, 8:24 pm

Freaking awesome.

Autism Speaks is the reason I have to fight people to believe my daughter even HAS an ASD. During a meeting with the school district recently I was told that "she must have it mild" and they didn't "see anything wrong with her" during our 30 minute meeting (which wasn't about debating her diagnosis, it was about getting her services for OT).

Autism Speaks perpetuates the idea that children with autism can't stop flapping and/or screaming long enough to be polite during a meeting. It can be done, it's just ten times harder getting there. My kids don't appear well-mannered because they don't have autism, they are they way they are because of hard work on my part to help them understand social situations, etc. But Autism Speaks is out there perpetuating the stereotypes so I have to keep encountering morons who are clueless.


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03 May 2008, 8:30 pm

Yeah, I saw that...and predicted the enthusiasm around here.

If Autism Speaks bothers you guys so much, you seriously should just get organized, calibrate a sympathetic media strategy, and mount a counteroffensive.



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03 May 2008, 10:00 pm

Thomas1138 wrote:
Yeah, I saw that...and predicted the enthusiasm around here.

If Autism Speaks bothers you guys so much, you seriously should just get organized, calibrate a sympathetic media strategy, and mount a counteroffensive.


I'm for it.


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03 May 2008, 11:19 pm

I do graphic arts and web design. My sister is really good at filming too.

We could start our own Autie site. Autism ACTUALLY speaks.com. Since we are auties, we ought know what our own dang life is like.

We could tottaly do our own web/media campaign. YouTube baby!



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04 May 2008, 12:00 am

Well, go for it.



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04 May 2008, 5:28 am

kip wrote:
I do graphic arts and web design. My sister is really good at filming too.

We could start our own Autie site. Autism ACTUALLY speaks.com. Since we are auties, we ought know what our own dang life is like.

We could tottaly do our own web/media campaign. YouTube baby!

Change it to Autism SERIOUSLY Speaks (ASS).


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04 May 2008, 9:08 am

kip wrote:
I do graphic arts and web design. My sister is really good at filming too.

We could start our own Autie site. Autism ACTUALLY speaks.com. Since we are auties, we ought know what our own dang life is like.

We could tottaly do our own web/media campaign. YouTube baby!


you should PM westernwild she is working on a group like that :). She needs a web designer and a person to do media



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05 May 2008, 11:26 am

kip wrote:
I do graphic arts and web design. My sister is really good at filming too.

We could start our own Autie site. Autism ACTUALLY speaks.com. Since we are auties, we ought know what our own dang life is like.

We could tottaly do our own web/media campaign. YouTube baby!


Me too! We should so team up!


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10 May 2008, 9:17 am

Indeed we should! I need something to 'waste' time on! :P

Though, sis and I are not getting along *her BF is a piece of trash, so meh* So, we are out a filmmaker. Oh well.



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10 May 2008, 1:22 pm

Chibi_Neko wrote:
kip wrote:
I do graphic arts and web design. My sister is really good at filming too.

We could start our own Autie site. Autism ACTUALLY speaks.com. Since we are auties, we ought know what our own dang life is like.

We could tottaly do our own web/media campaign. YouTube baby!


Me too! We should so team up!


you should PM westernwild, she is lookign for people to do that.



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10 May 2008, 5:31 pm

It's a list of the most INFLUENTIAL people.

For god's sake it also has Muqtada al-Sadr and Baitullah Mehsud in the list.

Time isn't making a comment on ethics.



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10 May 2008, 6:47 pm

Thomas1138 wrote:
Yeah, I saw that...and predicted the enthusiasm around here.

If Autism Speaks bothers you guys so much, you seriously should just get organized, calibrate a sympathetic media strategy, and mount a counteroffensive.

the main problem on that subject is that we need $$$$$$, which not everyone has.


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10 May 2008, 11:06 pm

burnse22 wrote:
It's a list of the most INFLUENTIAL people.

For god's sake it also has Muqtada al-Sadr and Baitullah Mehsud in the list.

Time isn't making a comment on ethics.


They're in the company of Stephen Colbert for chrissakes That isn't right! shame on TIME!

Yes, Autism Speaks IS on my On Notice board. Now TIME is.


MY ON NOTICE BOARD
Ted McGinley
REO Speedwagon
FOX Business Channel
Autism Speaks
Uwe Boll
TVFreeXBox.com
Matthew Lesko
Bears
The RIAA
TIME Magazine.

I hope they're happy.

In other news, I'd really like to get some sort of petition up for Alex to be eligible (or something, dunno how you can be nominated or why the Autism "Speaks" folks got in, but there has to be a way to vote Alex in.)


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