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21 Mar 2009, 6:42 pm

It's only one day in the UK (2nd April), but I'd guess the media will be more concerned with the anarchic demonstrations associated with the G20 summit (if we're to believe Scotland Yard's warnings!)

I think the awareness day will be a non-event here...

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21 Mar 2009, 7:40 pm

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Wow, ambitious!! Good luck!


Thank you! Yes, it's ambitious. I think I was hypomanic when I came up with the idea. I had to take a klonopin and take a nap.

Still, I got the whole series outlined this morning and I see that it will be manageable after all. Now, I have the ability to focus on working on it!


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21 Mar 2009, 8:04 pm

guestrider999 wrote:
It's only one day in the UK (2nd April), but I'd guess the media will be more concerned with the anarchic demonstrations associated with the G20 summit (if we're to believe Scotland Yard's warnings!)

I think the awareness day will be a non-event here...

gr999

On the other hand, nothing to stop someone pulling a few pranks over the top of the summit in the name of Autism rights...



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21 Mar 2009, 8:33 pm

I just got an offer to write a *paid* article for an entertainment weekly on the subject of common myths about autism. It would only go on the website, not in the print version, but still.

Hyperventilates, fans self. Paper bag please!

Too bad that's not what I actually want to write about. Maybe one of the common myths about autism is that we want to talk about common myths about autism? I'd much rather write about accessibility, since it's what's on my mind right now.



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21 Mar 2009, 9:29 pm

Congrats Anemone! You'll do great. Just think of all the myths you can bust.. that we're geeks and nerds, that we're all nonverbal and in diapers, etc. Go for it!

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I just got an offer to write a *paid* article for an entertainment weekly on the subject of common myths about autism. It would only go on the website, not in the print version, but still.

Hyperventilates, fans self. Paper bag please!

Too bad that's not what I actually want to write about. Maybe one of the common myths about autism is that we want to talk about common myths about autism? I'd much rather write about accessibility, since it's what's on my mind right now.


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22 Mar 2009, 3:56 am

As I haven't been here in a while, I was looking through pages of old threads and thought that it could be useful to post this one here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt93382.html



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22 Mar 2009, 3:14 pm

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Please God, save us from Autism Speaks!

We are about to be bombarded by their sad, pathetic images portraying us.

Oh, and the parents praying that their children be free of the "prison within," that we all know is more like a "playground within." The prison is created by society.

Let's put an all out effort into the REAL awareness while we have the chance.


For me---my life has been a playground. I realize people have different experiences with their autism, but for me I have had fun with it. Now there have been challenges too---I have even had therapy for issues. But---autism for me is fun. I perceive my autism as a gift from God. I opened the gift and embraced it. I use the gifts and enjoy them. So if you feel like you are in a prison, try to find your gift---and open it and enjoy it. At that point, I believe you will find it a playground.


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22 Mar 2009, 4:14 pm

I'm going to write an feature article about ASDS and my experiences with it. I'm going to start on it now so I can copy it and give the articles to friends, teachers, and many other people during April. I hope I can make light on what Autism really is and on how people with it enjoy their lives with it rather than what the media protrays.

Your right gider18. Autism is a gift from God. Autism exist for many good purposes, not to cause nightmare for people's lives. You don't mind if I can quote it on my paper? I think it can help prove my point, and plus, I think it can show people that I'm not the only autistic person who sees things from this perspective.



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22 Mar 2009, 4:55 pm

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Liverbird, I am doing exactly that.

Please see the link in my url. I have over 40 videos dedicated to raising positive AS Awareness. I plan to pump up my efforts during April, to counteract the negative!


Beautifully done.

You have the same intonation as my son when he's explaining something. He's AS/NLD, but he's only nine-years old. Love the art work. My son is incredibly gifed, artistically. I do what I can to understand him better. It all helps.

thanks again.



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22 Mar 2009, 5:06 pm

I'm confused....
what exactly has autism speaks done against people with autism, to cause so many autistics to hate the organisation? It seems to me they are for us?
This is an honest question by the way.


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22 Mar 2009, 5:08 pm

monkees4va wrote:
I'm confused....
what exactly has autism speaks done against people with autism, to cause so many autistics to hate the organisation? It seems to me they are for us?
This is an honest question by the way.


http://autismspeaks.net.tc/



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23 Mar 2009, 6:32 am

Batz wrote:
I'm going to write an feature article about ASDS and my experiences with it. I'm going to start on it now so I can copy it and give the articles to friends, teachers, and many other people during April. I hope I can make light on what Autism really is and on how people with it enjoy their lives with it rather than what the media protrays.

Your right gider18. Autism is a gift from God. Autism exist for many good purposes, not to cause nightmare for people's lives. You don't mind if I can quote it on my paper? I think it can help prove my point, and plus, I think it can show people that I'm not the only autistic person who sees things from this perspective.


Yes, I would love for you to quote me. I would be quite interested in seeing the article when you finish. You can also state that I am a high gifted intervention specialist (I work with the talented and gifted). Thank you for sharing my view on autism.


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23 Mar 2009, 10:25 am

monkees4va wrote:
I'm confused....
what exactly has autism speaks done against people with autism, to cause so many autistics to hate the organisation? It seems to me they are for us?
This is an honest question by the way.


They perpetuate a myth that living with autism is horrible and that all autistics should be cured. They continue to perpetuate the myth that vaccines cause autism and that all autistics have horrible and meaningless lives. They claim to speak for all autistics, but have no autistics in decision making jobs on their board or elsewhere. They perpetuate the puzzle piece and assume that we are all puzzles, just waiting for someone to come along and put us together and make it all better.

I submit to you that I am not the puzzle piece that others seek to fit with.


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16 Mar 2018, 8:45 am

Can't allistic media think up of original stereotypes of us rather than plagiarising their own stereotypes against autistic people to sell papers and support for a radical allistic agenda supported by A$? :?:



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16 Mar 2018, 9:20 am

Autism Speaks doesn't speak for me, either! I agree that it focuses on stereotypes. I don't fit any classic stereotype for a person with Asperger syndrome. Yes, maybe I have interests that are unusual in their focus, if not necessarily in type.

I hope one day to write the story of a woman with Asperger syndrome who attends a tennis tournament and interviews Denis Istomin, or the story of one who gives help and support to young people with autism/Asperger's.



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16 Mar 2018, 9:26 am

April is, for me, the month a very special friend joined my life, a Siamese cat named Samantha. She was very unique and, without exaggeration, I can say she saved my life. For 20 wonderful years, she was my best friend. I call April "My Very Special Siamese Cat Awareness Month."