Autism Ad

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http://www.letsfixdinner.com/Family.aspx/Meet/Joneses

What do you think?

Looked like a pretty honest picture of their household. It didn't overplay (or underplay) the challenges they deal with.

And, of course, good advertising for Stouffer's: "if we could eat dinner together, the boys might be more verbal" (probably more of a paraphrase than a quote here). Maybe, maybe not. However, the solution to that is obvious--buy Stouffer's and pop them in the oven so everyone can eat together at the end of a busy day.

Nothing wrong with that--I've been buying Stouffer's for years.

Anyone see this as exploitative? I don't, but just wondering....

A more accurate picture of Autism than anything Ive ever seen in an Autism Speaks ad.

Kind of bugged me watching the woman continually touching the boys face and insisting that he talk. I wouldn't be able to think of anything to say with somebody doing that to me. Well, other than "Get your g****mn hands off my f***ing face!"

i don't know about the exploitation question. on the one hand, i don't know about using autism to sell frozen dinners. on the other hand, it really is a pretty good video, and it is a nice counter-point to "speaks." i suppose if you have to sell, at least you can raise awareness too. this video seems to have done that.

Although, I have to ask: If she wants them to have dinner together more often, why does she allow her husband and other two children to leave the table and eat in the living room? Mama would have shot any of us who tried that at dinnertime.